“What…what did you say?” She breathed her heart pounding in her ears.
“Mother,” Lucian repeated now more softly as his eyes teared up.
Irene’s heart tightened in joy and she burst into tears. Dropping everything in her hands she ran to him and wrapped her arms around him.
Lucian hugged her back as she cried into his embrace. “I love you son. Your mother loves you so much. So so much.” She grabbed his face and kissed his cheeks.
“Mother.” Tears fell down his face and she wiped them away gently.
“Oh no, don’t cry.” Him crying made her cry even more and they both cried in each other’s arms.
It was tears of sadness, pain, loneliness, frustration but most of all it was tears of joy.
Lucian had been both excited and worried for the last few days. Excited because his child was coming into
