Chapter Twenty One: Beyond Time

Marianna's POV

"Rock-a-bye baby

in the tree top.

When the wind blows

the cradle will rock.

When the bough breaks,

the cradle will fall.

And down will come Baby,

Cradle and all."

I kept humming after her eyes became heavy with sleep. She can't keep staring at me. She's giving up. Her pretty brown eyes won't last. I hummed softly lowering my tone until i kept silent. I lay her down in her crib. She's really pretty. I'm truly blessed to have her.

I straightened the picture frames on her dresser taking a seat in the rocking chair just to take it all in. It's been a crazy twenty five years. If anyone were to ask me to narrate it I wouldn't know which story to tell first because so much has happened since Nate proposed to this moment right here. My favorite story has to do with the simple go