Chapter sixty.

Aurora

The memory of the previous day that etched itself to my heart rushed to my memory at the creak of dawn. I wasn't fully awake yet but I caught myself smiling and chuckling quietly.

After Arne had his bath, we, Ethan inclusive, had lunch -the one the maids brought over- and watched the famous Lego show Arne wouldn't stop talking about. Arne slept off before the credits could roll in, I put him to bed and took a walk in the garden with Ethan.

Yesterday was a reminder of what my life with Ethan could have been and though there was this nostalgic pain that ran through my heart in-between hours, I was happy I got a second shot at experiencing life with Ethan.

With my eyes still closed, I reached to the other side of the bed to pat Arne. It was something that has become a routine, since the day he was born, I would make sure to check that he was still there and that nobody had taken him from me but my hand fell to an empty cold bed. I felt around the bed more hastily, nothing and I sp