EPILOGUE

Alpha Hades

I remember when I was younger, people used to remind me time was priceless. Sure, during my teenage years, which I spent in front of the TV screen, I never thought of their words as anything important. But things change, and so do people.

I've changed. For the best. All thanks to the man who refuses to let me be next to him in the delivery room. I begged, cried, demanded, fuck it, I bribed him, but Zeno remained firm on his decision.

The best I could get was to watch the bump grow, hold and support him. And I did all of it. I did my best to be the most supportive father this world has seen, but I still didn't earn the right to be next to him while our baby is born. My grandmother did, don't ask me how, but she did.

While Zeno is giving birth to our first baby, my grandmother holds his hand and me, and my father are sitting in the waiting room.

I didn't want him here, but he kept insisting, and once he called my husband, the hell broke loose. Because, according to Z