“I never thought it would end,” she says. “I know,” Drake says. But does he know? Margaret turns to take one last look at Kelley, but the person she sees in the bed is herself, in the moments after she gave birth to Patrick. The baby had just been laid on Margaret’s chest, and Kelley was next to her, both beaming and weeping. “We have a son, Maggie,” he said. “A healthy baby boy.”
