“I wanted to wait for you. I thought you’d like to choose.”
I stared at her and wracked my brain for names, then gave her a little kiss on the top of the head when I came to the perfect decision. “I think we should call her Darya,” I said. “In honour of my mother.”
“I like that choice,” Ethan agreed. “Darya Cristescu.”
I smiled at him and he nuzzled my cheek. I rested my head on his shoulder and when I looked at Darya again, I found she’d fallen asleep. I breathed in deep and closed my eyes, letting the feeling of wholeness wash over me. For so long I felt alone in the world, but now I had a family. It might have been a difficult road to get here, but as Ethan said, I would go through it all a thousand times more just to have this one moment … right now.
END.