“The First Time My Husband Bathed Our Newborn, He Looked at Me in Horror and Said, ‘We Can’t Keep This Child’”

I remembered the birth only in fragments.

We hadn’t been in the room when it happened. The call came late.

Kendra had already been in labor for hours by the time a nurse called to tell us our baby was coming.

We rushed to the hospital only to be told to wait.

“I don’t like this,” I said. “I wanted to be there when our baby entered the world. You don’t think…”

Daniel knew exactly what I meant. He shook his head.

“The contract is ironclad. There’s no way she can claim the baby. Relax… sometimes life throws you a curveball. I’m sure everything is fine.”

We waited forever in that hospital hallway.

It was late evening before a nurse finally invited us inside.

Kendra was asleep.