YOU ACCIDENTALLY SENT THE MAFIA BOSS THE WRONG ULTRASOUND—MINUTES LATER HE CLAIMED THE BABY, BUT NEVER EXPECTED YOU TO CLAIM YOUR OWN STRENGTH

itself could be damaged.

For a man whose hands had likely signed orders that ruined lives, he seemed almost afraid of the tiny gray figure on the image.

“Does it have a heartbeat?” he asked.

“Yes.”

His grip tightened slightly on the phone.

“Have you heard it?”

“Once.”

He closed his eyes for a brief moment.

When he returned the phone, he looked older somehow.continue reading …