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a baby, Mom.”

For a moment, everyone laughed.

But even then, something felt different.

Nora looked smaller inside that hospital bed.

Her wrists seemed too thin.

Her smile seemed harder to hold.

Still, she worried more about us than herself.

“Stop looking so worried,” she teased. “You both look weird.”

Leila burst into tears.

I stayed frozen beside the bed, continue reading …