The two of them chatted back and forth the whole way, and before they knew it, they'd arrived at Dennis' front door.
"Honey, I'm home!" Dennis shoved the door open and yelled at the top of his lungs.
The next second, a loud, shrill wail cut through the air from upstairs. Right on its heels, Leona came storming down the steps, her voice sharp and full of fire as she chewed him out.
"Dennis, do you have a death wish? I just got Calixta to sleep, and you went and woke her up! You did this on purpose, didn't you?"
Dennis scampered over immediately and wrapped his arms around her. "Calm down, baby. Let the postpartum doula handle this stuff, okay? Don't work yourself up, it's bad for you."
Eliseo was still hovering by the entryway, watching the pair act like they were the only two people i
