Rewrite Her Story
My mother asked softly, “Are you due soon?”
“This month. It’s a boy.”
My mother smiled and said, “Your husband must be thrilled.”
“Yes, he’s over the moon. It’s our second child, but he’s still very excited about it.”
My mother said wistfully, “You two have such a great relationship.”
Layla was pleased when she heard that.
She smiled and said, “We’re okay. I actually ran off to study abroad once out of spite, and he flew all the way across the world to find me. To feed my ego, he went along with taking multiple sets of wedding photos with me back-to-back.”