The school bell rang, snapping me out of my thoughts.
I looked up and saw a familiar figure.
Turning, I saw Lucas.
He seemed surprised, but also pleased.
He hurried through the crowd toward me.
“Sophie, what are you doing here?”
“Why didn’t you contact me after you were discharged? Do you know—” Before I could finish, a tiny, adorable little girl clung to my leg.
“Mommy, why are you so late!”
“The kids at kindergarten had a bet today about whose mom would come first, and I lost again!”
I pinched my daughter’s cheek, trying to think of how to comfort her.
But Lucas’s eyes reddened first.
He crouched down, staring at Ethan with disbelief.
“This is your child?”
