(Evelyn)
I don't know what time it is or where I am anymore. Nancy has left me alone to sleep because that's all I've wanted to do.
My body aches and cramps in all the places. I'm cuddled in a ball in our bed, cocooned in a blanket nest.
Gracie is curled up next to me. She's whimpering and whining.
I hold my now empty belly close in a hug and cry myself to sleep once more.
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I hear the creaking door of our bedroom slowly open.
Thinking maybe it was Nan, I pretend that I'm asleep. I wait for the door to close again but instead it becomes all the way open and then shuts.
I'm too tired and weak and messy to look over my shoulder and see.
I feel a weight on the bed and an arm around me.
"Hey baby. I'm here now. I'm home."
In that moment, I know exactly who it is. I gather all the strength I have left and roll over to face him.
He and I both melt in sync into each other. A puddle of tears and sobs.
"I'm so sorry." I whisper to him.
He pulls me closer in a hug.
"No, I'm sorry. I should've came home sooner." He said.
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As I Am (Part 2 of There You'll Be)
FanficThe (ghost) adventures continue as Evelyn navigates being a mom of two, a newfound dog mom, a partial owner of the most haunted museum in the world and a wife to the paranormal prince himself, Zak Bagans.
