#Chapter253
/"I can’t get my head around it./" Jake utters for the hundredth time as we lie in bed, our bodies entwined. My exhaustion has dissipated, giving way to mind-numbing silence after the events of the evening.
We finally have freedom … from her.
We’ve been home for a few hours and yet mostly all we’ve
done is lie together and talk. Hours spent regurgitating
the fact that there is no other baby, wondering how his family are going to react and how different things will be from now on without it hanging over us. It’s still too surreal to really believe and emotions between us have been swirling like crazy.
/"I can’t believe it’s over,/" I exclaim out loud, hearing him sigh again. A happy heavy relief kind of noise.
