“Please,” she whispered. “Don’t let this break us. We’ve been through too much.”
From the other room, the baby began to cry—loud, alive, grounding.
And for the first time in years, Ethan let himself fall apart. He held his wife on the living room floor, asking for forgiveness—from her, from himself, from everything he almost lost.
Because sometimes miracles do happen.
But pride, fear, and silence can blind you so completely, you almost lose them.