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Three boys, impossibly small, their faces still creased from the journey into the world, their fingers curling instinctively around hers as if they already understood that holding on mattered.
Rebecca pressed her lips to each forehead in turn, whispering promises she had no idea how she would keep—promises of safety, of presence, of love that would not be conditional—while tears slid silently into her hairline, her heart aching with a mix of awe and fear, because the room felt too quiet for a moment that big.
Not for a nurse.
Not for a doctor.
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