Despite everything, I almost smiled.
“The delivery was easier than this.”
He gave a tired laugh.
Then he became serious again.
“I should have protected you before anyone had to ask me to.”
I shook my head.
“You protected us when it mattered.”
He looked at our son.
Then he looked toward the hospital door.
“No one gets to use him to hurt you again.”
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This time, I believed him.
We left the hospital together with our baby between us.
Behind us were the reports, the photographs, the notebook and the family members who would now have to live with what they had done.
Ahead of us was something much harder than proving who had been right.
We had to decide who could still be trusted around our child.
