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A suite with either two bedroo room

A crib

And so them to the room

We’d gotten all those things within twentyus to the roootten to the roo her diaper – a task I’d probably ain, since she’d seemed fussy Jace had disappeared into the bedroom and I’d left him alone, because there’d been no doubt in my mind that he’d needed a few minutes to try and understand what the hell had happened

He’d clearly been in shock froie was dead

And there’d been nothing I could do for him

It had been hard for him to look at the baby and know that his sister had died protecting the infant I couldn’t blaht – that he held so the reason his sister was dead If Willa had been aborted or even sold, Maggie would still be alive I knew the fact that Jace was even thinking those thoughts probably made him hurt almost nearly as badly as the fact that he’d lost his sister

But I also knew hiot past the shock, he’d fall in love with the baby as surely as I already had

I’d never held a baby before, but from the htness go throughbefore, except maybe when Jace held me The way Willa looked up at me with such trust…

Was that what Jace had felt when I’d given my trust so freely to him?

It wasn’t exactly the sa, but maybe some of those emotions were the same

When Willa had fallen asleep, I’d put her in the crib I’d used Jace’s phone to search the internet for what position she was supposed to sleep in, and then I’d tried to figure out what kind of feeding schedule she was supposed to be on and how much she was supposed to eat and when From what Silver had told us, the baby had to be around seven weeks old, so I’d used that as a guide for deterive her and when Once I’d one to the bedroo on the bed He hadn’t spoken tothe wall, I’d had no choice but to wrap my arm around hi, but I hadn’t pressed him to talk because I’d known it was just too soon

I’d spent the rest of the afternoon feeding, changing and playing with Willa Jace had ordered us some room service, but neither of us had eaten

He’d also conored the baby