Epilogue
Daphne
The sound of soft laughter and whispers filled the hospital room, mixing with the faint beeping of machines and the muted bustle from the nearby hallway. I leaned against the doorframe, taking a moment to absorb the scene before me. Ryan was sitting next to Lia’s bed, wearing a wide smile that seemed to light up the entire room. Lia, tired but happy, looked at her newborn baby as though it was the greatest miracle in the world.
And it was.
I glanced to the other side of the room, where my father-in-law, Mr. Sidle, was holding the baby with a tenderness I never would have imagined from him a year ago. His gaze was fixed on the little face, and his strong yet careful hands cradled the baby as if the child was the most precious thing in the universe.
It was hard to believ
