Hope fell asleep a few moments later. Trudy looked at her daughter. She looked at her mother. She looked at her father. She looked at her husband.
"It's amazing," she told Adrian
"You mean Hope?"
"I mean Hope and I mean you"
Adrian kissed her.
"Six weeks ago I never thought my life would be good again"
Adrian nodded remembering how distraught she was when her cousin died.
"I remember that," he whispered
"When things started changing it was overwhelming"
"For me too," he told her, "but I knew that we would get through it"
"We always get through everything because we're in it together"
Adrian nodded his understanding.
"You're just lucky I love you so much Tru," he told her
"You're not telling me anything I don't know," she whispered kissing him
"Excuse me," Dwight replied, "but I'd like a chance to hold my grand-daughter"
"Go you're your hands," Adrian told him, "and then you can hold her no problem"
Dwight laughed
He knew that this was important to Adrian.
"Okay," he said and kissed Hope's forehead
Adrian got a wipe and washed off the baby's head after Dwight left to wash his hands
Trudy looked at him