“Are you going to breastfeed?” she asked.
Sophia nodded.
The nurse then excused the Franklin brothers to help Sophia learn how to breasfeed the baby. The feeling of little Vincent latching onto her nipple filled her heart. She was so glad to bond with him in this way. When he looked up at her, she swore that he smiled.
“That was just gas, but it’s cute,” the nurse explained.
“I think he really is smiling. I want to think that, anyway.” Sophia looked back down at him, as he suckled. She was flooded with adoration as she stroked his red hair. Already it was drying and taking on its curly redness. She was so grateful that he had turned out just like all three of them, so that it was not clear who the real father was. It would make this whole complicated situation even easier and more blessed.
“You’re a blessing, my little angel,” she whispered to him. All the stress was worth it. He was worth every little bit of struggle, every fight, and the whole ordeal with Tony and her family. She would never want this any other way. It could not be more perfect.
After a few days in the hospital, mother and child were released. Dr. Sugarman congratulated Sophia on being such a wonderful patient, and personally walked the new family down to their waiting limo. Adam had purchased a which was already hooked p in the back. Blake joked that it would be hard to fit a car seat on the back of his bike, but that he would buy a car just so he could safely take Vincent places.
They sat in the back facing the car seat, and Sophia held the hands of both of her lovers. As the car took off and the hospital faded into the background, she knew in her heart that everything would be fine. She could not wait to take like Vincent to his beautiful nursery back at the penthouse.
“Who wants to spend the first night with us?” she asked suddenly.
“Both of us,” the brothers said in unison, without a second of hesitation.
That night, Sophia took a picture of her sleeping newborn son and sent it to her family. She held the phone to her chest, not expecting a reply. But the first reply came from her brother, congratulating her. And then a few minutes later, her mother called.
“Sophia?”
“Mama.” Sophia let out all of her breath in a huge exhale. This was unbelievable.
“That is the baby?”
“Yes. Your grandson.”
Her mother was silent. Then she said wetly, “He has the Nueva nose.”
Sophia began to laugh. But tears streamed down her face. “Yes, he does.”
“I always wanted you to have a child.” Her mother was clearly crying too. “He’s beautiful.”
“Thank you, Mom.”
“He’s healthy?”
“Yes, very. He was eight pounds and seven ounces.”
“That’s how much your brother weighed.” Her mother sighed. “I want to hold my jito.”
“You can meet him any time, Mother. I want you to hold him, too.”
“You know that I can never forgive you,” her mother went on.
“Can we put that all aside, Mama. For Vincent’s sake.”
“Yes,” her mother finally agreed. “I want to meet him. Please bring him.”
“Can you come here? I want to show you the penthouse. The nursery. It is lovely.”
Her mother inhaled sharply. “I can’t go there. I can’t see…them.”
“They are Vincent's father, Mother,” Sophia explained patiently.
“Dios mio.” Then her mother exhaled again, her breaths still wet. “Well maybe later. I have a lot to think about. Not yet, OK?”
“OK.” Sophia knew that that was the best she would get. And that was more than she had expected. The fact that her mother even called her shocked her, really. This was like a miracle.
“May God forgive you,” was her mother’s final sentence before she hung up. That hurt, but still, Sophia was grateful.
As she cried a mixture of happy and sad tears, the brothers held her and agreed to make themselves scarce whenever Lupe came to meet her grandson.
“I think your Mom is coming around,” Blake said, with more than a little hope in his voice.
“I'm shocked,” Sophia responded. “I honestly thought she would never speak to me again.”
“Nothing is as strong as a mother’s love,” Adam said.
Sophia looked upon her angelic son, sound asleep in his bassinet, and cried.
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