LAKE

When I sent a group chat to everyone and asked them to bring some balloons, I did not expect them to go overboard.

Augustine and Mom called me to ask about the occasion. They were the first to know that Maverick and I were having a baby.

Thinking that I was going to be a father was overwhelming. That thought of it scared the hell out of me that I might turn out to be my father, but my child would never experience what I had been through. I would make sure of that.

The look on her face was priceless. At the same time, it scared me that...