“Yeah, yeah,” Simon said hastily. “You don’t know, Hazel, Joshua’s been holding your hand very tightly and hasn’t given anyone a look. You don’t know it when you’re asleep, but he’s been waiting for you to wake up and hasn’t even taken a sip of water! How could he possibly have time to give the baby a look?”

Hazel’s heart was very soft. She didn’t really want to blame Joshua. It was just that she was too worried about the baby.

She knew that Joshua cared about her even ...