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Leo looked up with the absolute certainty of a child who had never known fear. “Because Daddy says love is felt before you’re born. ”
Amelia’s eyes met Ethan’s. They both remembered the night in Malden.

The feverish drive. The birth. The mark. The moment everything changed.
Ethan pulled her closer. The afternoon sun wrapped around them. Some miracles didn’t come with medical guarantees. They came from two people who decided that something bigger than their individual fears was worth fighting for.
And sometimes, when they had the courage to keep fighting, life gave them something more beautiful than they had ever dared to dream.