Page 244 of Sweet Days


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can’t see anything. Patrick helps lift me and I grab

on to my abdomen tightly to avoid any shocks.

“Bed number 12,” he whispers in my ear before

sitting next to me.

The guys disappear discreetly in silence but I

am not able to hold back my tears.

Patrick smiles at me and holds my hand, before

having me rest my head on his shoulder.

“She’s—”

“She’s beautiful, just like you, but she still

doesn’t have a name and I think we need to fix that

because we can’t go on calling her baby number

12.”

“You’re right, but I still haven’t thought of it. It

needs to be something appropriate, something that

fits her perfectly.”

“Lily,” he says.

“Lily?”

“When I look at her the first thing that comes to

my mind is perfection, because that’s what she is,

she’s pure and absolutely perfect and I would do

anything so that she remains that way forever.”

And in this moment, next to the most imperfect

man that the world has brought forth, I see

everything very clearly before my eyes.

I see two hands that make a little dark haired

girl with wavy hair jump.

I see a man on the couch asleep with her on his

chest.

I see a house full of chaos, love and laughter. I