Rashid

Pacing around the hallway outside of Lyla’s room, I tried to not let the nurse’s words get to me.

‘We’ll run a test to make sure the baby is yours, but for now, we’ll take him back to the nursery.’

I hated to see them cart away our son, only having been born a few hours ago and already being ripped away from us. I wanted to believe Lyla, of course, I did, but she was also incredibly exhausted from having labored ...