Chapter 0309

Hannah

I stood there, frozen in shock as I stared at the tiny bundle in Lily’s arms. A baby. My sister had a baby. When? How? Why was this the first I was hearing of it? Why, when I asked if I heard a baby crying the other night, had she kept it from me?

“Surprise!” Lily exclaimed, her face beaming as she hurried up to me. “Hannah, meet your niece, Olivia.”

“I… what?” I stammered, unable to form a coherent thought as I stared down at the tiny face looking up at me. “When… When did this happen?”

Lily’s smile faltered slightly. “I sent you letters,” she explained. “I’m assuming you never got them.”

I shook my head, still trying to process the information. “No, I… I never received any letters.”

1 figured–as much,” Lily said. I guess they must have gotten lost in the mail.”

“But I heard the baby crying on the phone the other night,” I said. “Why did you lie?”

you didn’t know, so I decided to

when?” I reached for the little bundle and pulled the fabric aside, revealing the scrunched up

story, actually. I didn’t even know I was pregnant until my water broke. The doctors called it a ‘ghost pregnancy–my stomach stayed flat, and I

small and warm,

Lily,”


her, eyeing her ring finger. Noticing my gaze, she quickly said, “The father

and for a moment, I considered what it would be like to raise my own little one without a father; I supposed if my sister could do it, so could

niece, I felt a presence beside me and looked up to see Noah, his eyes

baby a little, “did you get any letters from

“No, I didn’t.

I didn’t think that he had intercepted any letters, perhaps they

brightly, “the important thing is you’re both here now. How about we head inside?

Chapter 0309.

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