“It will be alright, babe. Everything is going to be fine.” Sophie tried to breathe deeply, trying to regain her composure. She knew that nothing was going to be okay if her parents won’t visit the baby, but that wasn’t going to be happening anytime soon.

“We’re going to raise this baby together. Your parents are coming to us. I won’t let them leave us behind.” Sophie laughed softly.

“That sounds like something a supervillain would say.” Max laughed along with her, kissing Sophie’s forehead.

They sat side by side on the edge of the pool. Max was playing with Sophie’s hair absentmindedly, stroking her hair through the wet strands....