Chapter 269

• A New Life
• “You did it, baby. Look at our girls!” Colton’s excited tone pulls me out of my fatigue as he mops my brow and tries to dry up the sweat that’s cascading like a waterfall. The cries of newborns rang in my ears after what seemed like the longest and most hellish night of my life. I can barely stay awake. A new day is peaking at us from outside the curtains, which he drew at some point when the light got too intense. Everything feels surreal, and it’s hard now to imagine I just spent so many hours going through the trauma of childbirth while the world was still. The memory of the pain is already subsiding.
• My emotions are fried, and the eagerness to look at them keeps me conscious while my limbs cry to give out. My body is tender and heavy, like a deadweight, but I am glad it’s finally over. I should turn to self-heal, but I can’t muster the energy and would rather sleep after holding my babies.