Chapter 111
Adrian stayed that night.
Held Sophie until she fell asleep. Then her father brought David. Adrian held his son for the first time in over a week.
"He's so small," Adrian whispered. Tears on his face. "So perfect. I thought I'd never...I thought I'd lost my chance to..."
"You're here now. That's what matters." She watched them. Father and son. Together finally. "What happened, Adrian? Where were you really?"
He told her. Everything. How the building had collapsed around him. How he'd been trapped in a pocket of space. No way out. No phone. No contact.
"I could hear rescue workers. Tried to call out. But the concrete was too thick. They couldn't hear me." His voice was distant. Remembering. "I thought I was going to die there. Alone. In the dark. Never seeing you or the ki
