DAXTON POV
There are moments in life that steal the breath from your lungs.
Not because you’re afraid. Not because you’re in pain. But because the world suddenly cracks open and spills something too big, too beautiful to fit inside your chest. That’s what this moment is. Standing beside Maria, watching the rise and fall of her chest as sweat clings to her brow and the monitors beep steadily around us, I realize I’ve never loved anyone this much. Not even close.
And it’s not just her. It’s them. All three of them.
Our family.
“Push, Maria, push! You’re doing amazing!” the doctor encourages.
I don’t realize I’m gripping the side of the hospital bed like a man trying not to be ripped away by a tidal wave until Henry nudges me. His face is pale and glowing all at once, his fingers tremb
