My Husband Promised to Take Care of the Baby If I Had One—But After I Gave Birth, He Told Me to Quit My Job

“Did you feed them?”

“I tried. They didn’t want the bottles.”

“Did you change them?”

He waved his hand vaguely.

“Probably? I don’t know, Ava.

They just want you. They always want you. I didn’t even get to take a nap.”

I stood there, still in my scrubs, keys dangling from my hand.

“You didn’t get to nap?” I repeated slowly.

“Yeah.

It was brutal.”

I didn’t say anything else. I just dropped my bag, scooped up Liam, and started the work Nick had promised to do.

By midnight, both babies were finally asleep. My arms felt like they might fall off.

My back was screaming. I had patient notes to finish before morning.

Nick was already snoring.

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