#Chapter 285 – Rude Awakening

Something soft caresses my cheek, but it takes me a long, long moment to come back to the waking world. My eyes slowly blink open but I lay with my heavy head pressed into my pillow. “Hey,” I hear Kent’s voice say, and I slowly turn towards it. “Time to get up, sweetheart.” “What?” I ask, confused. I start to sit up then, leaning hard against the pillows and the headboard as I rub my eyes, trying to remember… And then my eyes go wide as I realize, duh, that I have a baby. “Where’s Dominic?” “Right here,” Kent says, and my eyes finally focus on him sitting on the bed a foot away from me, holding the fussy little baby in his arms. I reach for Dominic instantly, but Kent laughs, putting a hand on my shoulder. “Take a second, Fay. Wake up. He’s not going anywhere.” I exhale then, leaning back against the pillows, kind of unable to take my eyes away from my beautiful son in Kent’s arms. I stretch my arms above my head, though, and then run my fingers through my hair. “How long was I a