From This Day Forward (2011)
“The words penetrated Rachel’s foggy mind, insisting she leave the warm comfort of the dark. She burrowed deeper into the covers. Then she became aware of a hand on her shoulder, shaking her. Imploring her attention. And cries. Faith’s. Wrenched from sleep, Rachel opened her eyes to find Dr. Stuart bending over her with her baby in his arms. The sight struck every word from her mind for a moment.
He smiled. “I believe your daughter is hungry again.”
Rachel knuckled the sleep from her eyes and pu...shed herself to a sitting position. “Where is Maddy?”
“When she could not wake you, she came and got me.” He passed Faith to her, the baby’s wails echoing through the room.
“Ma’am, I tried. You were dead to the world,” Maddy said from the entrance, chewing on her lower lip.
Rachel took her child and settled her in the crook of her arm, rocking her. “You would think I hadn’t fed her in days, not hours.”
Dr. Stuart chuckled. “You would think.”
Watching Faith nuzzle against her made Rachel’s heartbeat slow.MoreLess
He smiled. “I believe your daughter is hungry again.”
Rachel knuckled the sleep from her eyes and pu...shed herself to a sitting position. “Where is Maddy?”
“When she could not wake you, she came and got me.” He passed Faith to her, the baby’s wails echoing through the room.
“Ma’am, I tried. You were dead to the world,” Maddy said from the entrance, chewing on her lower lip.
Rachel took her child and settled her in the crook of her arm, rocking her. “You would think I hadn’t fed her in days, not hours.”
Dr. Stuart chuckled. “You would think.”
Watching Faith nuzzle against her made Rachel’s heartbeat slow.MoreLess
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