The moment my feet touched the ground outside the hospital, Carl scooped me straight into his arms like he'd been waiting his whole life to do it.

"Careful!" I squeaked.

He only grinned and spun me once, ignoring the bandage on my arm and the fact that I was still slightly light-headed. "I'm careful," he said, "you're fragile cargo. Two babies in there."

His joy was so loud it wrapped around me like sunlight. So big, so bright... it almost blinded the part of me that was ...