CHAPTER 84: PEACE

Three weeks after Carlos's arrest, I woke up to sunlight streaming through our bedroom window and the sound of birds actually singing. Like the universe finally got the memo that we'd survived.

William was already up, sitting by the window with his laptop. Some things never changed.

"Working on our day off?" I stretched, my growing belly making it harder to move gracefully.

"Just checking the news." He closed the laptop and came over to kiss me. "Two more arrests this ...