He lifted me into his arms and shouted, “We’re having a baby!”
Three weeks later, the ultrasound gave us another surprise.
“There are two,” the technician said.
Daniel blinked. “Two what?”
“Two babies.”
For a moment, neither of us spoke.
Then he grinned.
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