*Elio*

I woke slowly to the sun pouring in through our windows. Caterina and I had slept later than we had planned, but I was glad for it. We would need the sleep to help us stay up tonight.

Cat was still fully out. My arm was draped over her, my hand resting against her stomach. I imagined our precious baby sleeping in there, my heart warming as I thought of the tiny little thing curled up right along with us. I couldn’t wait to be able to hold our baby for ...