At long last, home.
She looked around the apartment she had bought with the money her ex-boyfriend paid as part of their settlement agreement. The deal was that she would not seek anything else from him.
"Home, sweet, home." The man behind him said as he opened the door for her. He offered to drive her home instead of her grabbing a cab from the hospital.
Yes, she was finally home again, feeling a giddy excitement of seeing her child again. It might be just two nights, but it felt like it had been a lifetime since she had been in her apartment.
Moreover, she could not sleep another night in the hospital, not seeing and caring for her child, who she missed so much.
"Thanks, Zach, for taking me home." She said as he helped her to the sofa so she could rest. "But you don't have to stay. I know you must be tired."
