Semua Bab The Billion Dollar Bet: Bab 221 - Bab 230

They moved August to a pediatric room thirty minutes later. Private room with a bed for him and a fold-out chair that could work as a second bed for me. There was a small couch and a TV playing cartoons none of us were watching. Carter had James on his lap in the corner while nurses hooked August up

Carter's face did something complicated. His hand tightened on August's arm. "I won't go. I'll stay as long as you want me to stay." "Forever?" August asked it simply. The way only a child could ask impossible questions that went straight to the heart of everything. "If I could, yes. Forever." Car

Carter pressed his forehead to August's hand for just a second. Getting himself together. When he looked up his eyes were wet but his voice was steady. "Thank you for letting me be your daddy. I'm going to work really hard to be good at it." "You're already good at it." August said it matter-of-fac

I looked through the window at August and James playing with my mom. Looked at Carter standing in my backyard looking wrecked and honest. Looked at the evidence of everything that had changed in the past twenty-four hours. "Yes." I heard myself say it. "Something shifted. You're their father. I'm o

I looked at August and James, both excited about going somewhere with Daddy without Mommy. Looked at Carter waiting patiently for my approval. Made myself say yes even though every protective instinct I had was screaming to keep them here where I could see them. "Noon. Not one minute late." I was h