“Are you sure it is okay that she comes with you?” Maria asks again, not wanting to leave Isabella’s care to me if I couldn’t help.

“Of course, we’re just going for a quick check-up, and then we will have a sisters' day,” I explain, not going into detail about what I’m going to do at the doctor’s office because she doesn’t need all of the information. She just needs to be reassured that Isabella will be taken care of. “Oh, I think Liam has offered to join us after ...