Even the air seemed to freeze.
I looked up.
Dominic didn't move.
He didn't blink.
For one horrible second, neither had I.
The monitor continued beeping softly beside the bed.
My pulse wasn’t nearly as calm. Heat crawled up my neck.
Dominic shouldn’t have come here.
This was exactly why.
Exactly why.
Leo waited innocently. Completely unaware.
Dominic swallowed.
I saw it.
Then he looked at Leo.
“I do.”
Leo’s face brightened instantly.
“Really?”
Dominic nodded.
“Yeah.”
“A boy or a girl?”
Another pause. This one longer.
Painfully longer.
“Leo,” I said sharply.
He immediately looked at me.
“Stop asking so many questions.”
His face fell.
Only slightly.
Then Dominic spoke.
“A boy.”
Leo lit up again.
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“How old is he?”
My fingers dug into my palm, p
