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I hearI turn to the side and see Stacey is besidean, because she is the closest friend I have in the White House I consider her like fa blue eyes, gently nodding to eratitude toward her it gets stuck inother than tell her with rateful I am for all she does for

I focus onInhaleand exhale

In a few minutes I’ll finally be able to see and hold row inside methe one who dances in my belly when he hears my or Matt’s voicethe one who kicks when he’s (or I ary

And then I hear a sound A baby’s cry

I start to cry, tears pouring out of ratulations, Mrs Hamilton"

I hear applause erupt around the room as I see a little bundle of white blankets approachently places him in my arms and I am met with the most beautiful, innocent, chubby pink face I have ever seen

Long, spiky eyelashes and brilliant gray eyes stare back at me and I have never felt happier, more complete, more blessed than I do now

I feel so filled with love, I feelinto pieces in my chest

I see s of a family

All too soon the nurses have to take hi is healthy

I ache for him, and more than ever I ache for Matt

I closeoff into sleep, exhausted by everything that has happened in the last twenty-four hours

I fight to openclosed

Far off in the distance, I hear a voice I could not lyand the sounds of shiny black shoes belonging to ten Secret Service agents running along the marble floors of the hospital

"I need to see her now!"

"Mr President--" I hear a voice respond

I hear the door open and shut and I feel his presence fill the rooratulations"