Chapter 21
“I-I” But the nurse didn’t really wait for his reply. But instead handed over the small white bundle over to him like it was no big deal.
But it was a big deal! It was a giant f*****g deal, if someone cared to ask Alessandro. He had never held a baby this small before. She weighed almost nothing.
And yet he felt the giant weight on his shoulders all the same. She was a little human being, an individual of her own, and he felt the responsibility of that realization resonate deep within his soul.
She was depended on the adults around her to take care of her and as long as it was him, holding her in his arms, she was his responsibility. And even if it was a heavy responsibility, he felt a sense of achievement in doing it. He had never held something as delicate, as vulnerable a
