KADE
I tucked the blanket around Sloane's shoulders and stood there for a moment just looking at her.
She was out completely, her dark hair fanned across the pillow, her lips slightly parted, her lashes resting soft against her cheeks. She had on an oversized cream sleep shirt and she looked so small in that big bed and so peaceful after the kind of day that could have broken a lesser person.
I reached out and pushed a strand of hair away from her face and she didn't stir. Heavy day. The heaviest kind. But we had won.
I picked up the certificate from the nightstand and stood by the window and read it again even though I had already read it four times. The light from the hallway caught the official seal at the bottom and something warm and fierce bloomed in my chest and stayed there. C
