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Chapter 7

Author: Nana Aisha
last update publish date: 2026-01-22 00:56:15

Timothy's POV

Three weeks.

Twenty-one days of endless screaming.

I had expected challenges. Sleepless nights, maybe. The occasional crying fit. All the normal things that came with newborns.

But this wasn't normal.

Kasey and Kylie cried constantly. Not the usual baby fussing I had read about in the parenting books Tobias had bought. This was some soul-deep wailing that nothing could soothe.

I had tried everything.

Different formulas. Warmer milk. Cooler milk. Diaper changes every hour. Rocking
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