“Congratulations,” A nurse approached us with a huge smile. She just finished taking the mine and the baby’s vitals.

I felt like my face went all red as I averted my eyes from Otis embarrassingly and then awkwardly chuckled at the nurse, “He’s not the father but thank you.”

The nurse apologized with a timid voice and then excused herself awkwardly out of the room while Otis and I just smiled at each other shyly. He stepped closer to my bed to look at my pup and he whispered in a gentle, shushing voice that made me stare at him. The wonder in his eyes never disappears while looking at...