Loretta All day it was beeping machines, nurses shuffling in and out,but now it’s just the soft, uneven sighs of two newborns sleeping beside me.I can’t stop staring at them. A boy and a girl, I can’t believe babies are finally here. Two tiny humans who were somehow inside me yesterday, and now they are here, swaddled and pink and perfect.The door creaks open and Tonia’s voice cuts through the hush. “Oh my God, Loretta.” She’s grinning, breathless from the hallway like she ran here. Behind her, Logan follows with his usual calm smile, and then my dad, his eyes soft, uncertain.Tonia’s at my side before I can even say anything. “Look at them! Oh, Loretta, they are beautiful.”Her hand finds mine, warm and firm, grounding me. She smells like the coffee she must have grabbed on the way from the airport.“Thanks,” I whisper, my voice cracked from hours of crying and pushing and disbelief. “I, uh, still can’t believe it.”Logan hovers near the end of the bed, his hands in his jacket po
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