Epilogue

Ten months later

This hospital is freezing. You'd think since it's snowing outside they'd heat the building more, but no. I feel like I can practically see my breath every time I exhale.

“Why is it so cold in here?” I ask Christopher.

He smiles and shrugs out of his jacket. “Here.”

He wraps his suit jacket around my shoulders. Even through my sweater, I can feel his warmth seep into me.

I smile up at him. He grins. I love that he smiles more now. His skin is sun-kissed and he needs a haircut. He still shaves every morning, but sometimes he will skip a day or two just because he can. He shaved today because today is important.

Today, we met his nephew.

Deborah paces the waiting room, looking anxious and excited at the same time. She keeps checking her watch and mumbling about the time.

The door opens to the hospital suite and we all perk up.

“It's a boy!” Jonathan announces. He's grinning from ear to ear. I thought he had looked happy in the pictures of his elopement. I though