Epilogue
“So how are you feeling?” Rachel asked anxiously as she stood by the bed.
Lily looked at her friend and smiled. “I’m great. Have you seen her?”
“Of course. She’s beautiful.”
“She takes after her mom,” Jake said.
Lily squeezed her husband’s hand. “I thought we were going to lose you for a while. What happened to the tough hero?”
“It’s a little different when it’s you, Lil. I didn’t like seeing you in pain.”
Love filled her heart. She and Jake couldn’t be happier and now they had a daughter. “It was for a good cause.”
“The best,” he agreed.
The maternity-room door opened and Jenna walked in carrying a baby. She grinned and her blue eyes crinkled with delight. “Look who I found when I went to the nursery. Is she the most precious baby or what?”
Nadia pressed a hand to her chest. “Another granddaughter. Oh, Lily. You’ve made me so happy. Come here, little one. Come to Grandma Nadia.”
Jenna handed over the infant and moved next to the bed. “Tell me that labor wasn’t so bad.”
“It wasn’t,” Lily said.
Rachel wrinkled her nose. “We both know you’re lying.”
“Okay.” Lily smiled at Jake. “It was worth it. How’s that?”
“Something I can live with,” Jenna told her.
“Have you picked out a name?” Nadia asked as she cooed at the baby.
Lily and Jake glanced at each other.
“Samantha,” he said. “Sam for short.”
Nadia raised her eyebrows. “I thought you hated that name, Lily.”
“It grew on me.”
Nadia nodded. “Samantha it is.” She touched the baby’s cheek. “Welcome to your new family, Sam. You’re going to like it here.”
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