Epilogue

Lucie started crawling today. It was cute at first, and then we both got exhausted, chasing her all over the living room, making sure she didn’t get into too much trouble.

By late afternoon, Luca had figured out how to wriggle his little butt after her, and that just became a whole new mess.

So even though it’s only 7PM, we’re both cuddled up naked in bed in Cassius’s apartment, watching TV on the big-screen in his bedroom.

Only when the news starts in with the weather—and the date—does it hit me.

“What’s today’s date?” I ask him, my heart pounding, though I try not to let it show. I don’t want to excite him. Don’t want to get his hopes up, not if I’m wrong.

Surely I’m wrong.

“The fourth,” he says, stretching his arms over his head and yawning. “Why?”

“No reason.” I snuggle back under his arm, and he leans his head against mine, sighing contentedly.

“Have I mentioned that I love you?” he asks sleepily.

“Not today.” I tilt my head up to smirk at him. “Why?”

“I’ve lost the remote,” he a