Eleanor's POV

I slowly sat there on the bed with my baby in my arms as I went deep into my thoughts. The sounds of everything around me slowly went into the background and replaced the sound of my heart beating and my breath racing. Different thoughts ran through my mind as I sat there. I was suddenly jolted from my reverie as my baby began to cry.

I patted him gently on his back in an attempt to keep him quiet. But it seemed each time I tried, he only increased the intensity of his cry. I stared at him for a moment while he was crying, and my...