Love Takes Over

A Page-by-page Novel by Scott Lockhart

Love Takes Over

A Page-by-page Novel by Scott Lockhart
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Page 145

Page 145

Mama said, “Myra, while I tie off the cord, you take the placenta out back and plant it at the base of that old Magnolia tree,” and with that they left the room.

I turned off the music and stood there in the silence, and there was Maggie with Layla all wrapped up in a white cotton blanket asleep in her mama’s arms. Maggie gestured to me, lifting the covers, and as I slid into bed next to Maggie and Layla, I’d never felt happier in my entire life.

I wrapped my arms around my wife and child and we drifted off to sleep.