Divorce with Benefits

The agonizing minutes stretched on, each one feeling heavier than the last. The air in the room was thick with tension, every breath Jerica took labored and painful. Then, at last—

A piercing cry filled the delivery room, raw and new, the sound of life announcing itself. The doctor swiftly checked the baby's vitals before placing the tiny bundle onto Jerica's chest.

The warmth of her daughter's fragile body against her own sent a wave of emotions crashing over her. Relief, exhaustion, overwhelming love—it was all too much, yet somehow, not enough.

She looked at her baby—tiny and precious. Jerica kept on staring at her baby.

I made her! I… Wow! She's my daughter!

"Congratulations on your baby girl, Mr. Petrovski," the doctor announced.