Keeley was struggling to break through the haze of painkillers when she felt something warm and familiar. Somebody was kissing her. There was no one else on earth who would dare kiss her while she was unconscious but her husband.
"Aaron?" she managed to ask despite the gumminess in her throat.
His anxious yet relieved face swam in her vision but before he could respond, Violet's voice caught her attention. "I knew it! Daddy is a prince! Mommy woke up!"
The twins scrambled over to her side from where they were standing in the doorway with Jennica. Keeley hissed and squinted into the bright light. Her friend saw her reaction and immediately turned the light in the room off. There was still enough to see through the slit in the curtains.
"Mommy, Auntie Alice said you were gonna die," she said very seriously as she took her mother's hand. "You have a lot of booboos. Should I kiss it better?"
