She followed Nick into Kayden’s room. They watched the little boy grab his favorite blue blanket, the one Grace had gotten him at birth, and snuggle with a brown teddy Ari’s mother had gotten him.
“We got accepted.”
Nick’s head jerked up. His surprised gaze searched her face. They’d applied for adoption when Kayden was six months old, knowing the process was long. They knew there were no guarantees they’d get accepted, but they were in a financial situation they felt comfortable with the expense if only to try to adopt a child to give Kayden a sibling.
Six months ago, they’d gone to an agency. After meeting and falling in love with a one-year-old little girl, they had been waiting to hear if their request for adoption had been accepted.
“We did?” He stared at her in shock.
She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tight. “We did. Kayden is getting a little sister.”
They’d hoped to adopt to expand their family and give another child a home. It’d been a long and difficult journey, but she wouldn’t trade it for the world. They didn’t need to have another biological child to have a larger family. They only needed to give another baby the love and devotion they gave Kayden.
He held her tight in his arms. She thought back to their past five years. Tears gathered in her eyes. No longer of desolation or pain for the past they had lived. These tears were of survival. They’d been through a lot, but they lived through it. Together. No matter how many hardships they’d had to endure, as long as they communicated and held strong as a couple, nothing could ever break them up again.
Sometimes, love was enough.