Undone (Undisputed #1.5)
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She bites her lip and hesitates only a brief moment.
“That’s it baby. One more time,” I encourage.
She squeezes her eyes shut and bears down, putting every last ounce of energy she possesses in to this push. Her efforts are rewarded because a moment later, a strangled cry breaks through the silence.
“It’s a girl!” the doctor announces, holding a wet, squirming, screaming baby in the air.
“Oh my God,” Sidney breathes, her eyes flying open at the sound of our daughter’s first cries.
The doctor places the baby on her chest and her arms immediately wrap around the tiny human that she’s just brought in to the world.
I drop my forehead to Sidney’s, my eyes closed tight. “You did it, baby. You were amazing and you did it,” I murmur over and over, working up the courage to look at the baby we created.
Over the last few months, I’ve imagined how this day would feel, the moment Olivia came in to the world. I thought I had a pretty good idea of what it would be like, the first time I saw my baby, the first time I held her in my arms. I envisioned myself beaming proudly at the doctor and nurses, holding the baby up like she was Simba from the Lion King.
But when I open my eyes, and Sidney places the impossibly tiny baby in my arms, nothing could have prepared me for how I actually feel.
Her eyes open wide, the moment she looks at me, I swear the world stops spinning.
My heart stops beating.
My lungs wouldn’t pull in a breath.
I realize in that moment, that I will never do anything as great as being this little girl’s father.
“Olivia Connor Carlisle,” I say her name aloud and tear my gaze away from her perfect little face to look at my wife.
“She’s perfect,” Sidney whispers.
As tears fill my eyes, I look back down in to her baby blue eyes and tell her, “You’re our greatest adventure yet.”
THE END
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A.S. TEAGUE enjoys the warmth of South Carolina with her husband and two daughters. The stereotypes about peach cobbler and sweet tea are not overstated. After years in the medical field, she is now enjoying every minute of being a stay-at-home mom. She loves wine, the beach, wine on the beach, and crying at Disney movies. When she doesn’t have a book in her hand, she can be found pestering her husband with pictures of animals she wants to rescue, as well as debating whether to exercise or take a nap.
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