I stand and turn to the sign and my heart fucking stops in my chest. There’s Maddix, her hands on the top of it, and her smile as wide as can be. But it’s the words spelled out on the board that own me. “Congratulations, Daddy.” I read it several times as my tongue feels like a lead weight in my mouth. But it’s the tears welling in Maddix’s eyes that tell me it’s right. That my guess is right.
