No Longer A Substitute
I adjusted Andrew in my arms, suddenly aware of how close everything felt—the children, the apartment, him sitting opposite me like this was routine.
“You know,” he continued lightly, “you are holding a baby, I am holding a baby, sitting opposite each other, eating, struggling through life together…”
He tilted his head. “What do you expect people to think?”
“I expect them to use common sense,” I said.
He laughed under his breath. “We still have to correct people when they are wrong.”
I opened my mouth to respond—
But then the television behind him flickered.
A news broadcast.
A reporter’s voice cut through the room, crisp and professional.