The Whole Package

“I love him,” Hazel chimes in. “Can I hold him?”

Bailey nods, and I take him from her and then walk over to the other side of the bed. I place him in Hazel’s waiting arms and she grins at him in wonder. She holds him close and I look at Bailey, who is smiling as she watches the two of them.

“Hi. I’m your aunt,” Hazel tells him. “We’re going to be best friends.”

I swallow the lump that’s formed in my throat.

Hazel looks up at me with the same brown eyes as her sister’s. “Thank you,” she says.

I nod, unable to form words because I feel so many things right now. I may have fallen in love with Bailey, but I gained more than I could have ever hoped for. I was right from the beginning. This was the whole package.

THE END