Abigail smiled faintly as Kai was called away by one of the guests. His laughter faded into the noise of the celebration. She turned her gaze toward the garden, where bursts of familiar giggles that tugged at her heart, floated through the air.
Under the shade of a tree, her siblings were huddled around Khalil and Callie. Trina who was now twenty and radiant as ever, had Callie perched on her lap while Patrick and Troy took turns entertaining Khalil with a toy car on the grass. Coleen and Cristin ran around them with their laughter, filling the garden with the same joy she remembered from home.
Her family. Her babies. Together.
It was something she hadn’t dared to imagine for so long...not after everything that had happened. The image hit her like sunlight through rain, and it felt warm
