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The Questions Nobody Expected

Author: Sophie Lane
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-09 10:10:29

The following week almost felt normal.

Almost.

Jack settled back into a routine with Lillian as though he had never left. He woke when she cried, learned which little noises meant she was hungry and which ones meant she simply wanted to be held, and somehow became an expert at changing diapers faster than Lela expected.

Lela teased him about it constantly.

"You've gotten very good at this."

Jack looked down at the clean diaper he had just fastened.

"Military training."

"Changing diapers?"

"Atte
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