I suppose I said it because Becca was the littlest, she would still only be a baby, but those later words would turn to torment me.
When the moment arrived, fulfilling my promise to Rachel was not difficult. She didn’t want any strangers willing to take care of the children. I expose myself no doubt.
From night to morning, we become the fathers of six children.
The house felt smaller, more noisy and more disorganized, but also more filled with a shape that couldn’t be fully explained.
As the weeks turned into months, the children looked for each other like their brothers, and I set out and we loved them all as ours would be. After a few years, life finally began to feel stable. It makes me think that we have overcome the most difficult part.
But one day, while she was alone at home, someone called at the door.
On the porch there was a beautiful woman