The hospital disappeared in my rearview mirror as I drove home with Nora sleeping beside me.Biological Sciences
Thirteen days in the NICU had left me exhausted enough to feel hollow, but my daughter was finally coming home.
I should have felt nothing but relief.
Instead, every time I looked at Nora’s tiny face, I saw Caleb.Babies & Toddlers
She had his dark curls.
His cleft chin.
Most unmistakably, she had his eyes.
One was bright blue.Anatomy
The other was so dark it appeared almost black.
The discharge nurse had noticed them too.
“Someone else in the family must have eyes like that.”
“Her father,” I whispered.
There had been no fight.
No warning.
No dramatic goodbye.
When I showed Caleb the positive pregnancy test, he simply stared at it.
“Are you okay?” he finally asked.Family
“I don’t know.”
He reached across the table and took my hand.
“Then we’ll figure it out.”
“You’re not scared?”
“Terrified.”
I actually laughed.
That conversation was exactly why his disappearance made no sense.
