Caged: The Underground

I couldn’t speak. I could only rattle my head in a nod.

Gone was the evil demon that’d taken over my wife during labor and my sweet Holly had returned.

Everything was…more than I ever dreamed I could ask for.

“What’s her name?” the nurse asked, smiling.

Holly and I shared a look, both in agreement. I answered, “Sommerleigh.”

A tribute to the mother Holly had never known.

A promise to the child Holly had given life to.

I leaned over and kissed the sweet crown of my daughter’s fuzzy head, murmuring, “Wait until I tell you how mommy and me met…”

Holly gasped and shot me a warning look. “Don’t you dare…”

I just grinned.

Yeah…life was funny.

But, damn near, perfect.

And I was good with that.