"That wall is quite rude. Has it given you trouble?" Robert grinned, a secretive, knowing grin, and then pulled himself up to stand over her, looking at their sleeping baby boy.

His heart shot into his feet and back up to its normal place again.

He'd never seen anything more beautiful than Alice and a newborn, their newborn, something that was both of them, forever, together like that. He was completely stricken by it, just then, and stood there caught in his stare.