Chapter 16 — A Healthy Baby Is Born
# A Fall at Sunset
## Chapter 16 — A Healthy Baby Is Born
Two months after the incident, the delivery room at Cedars Medical Center was filled with quiet anticipation.
Ethan never released Emily's hand.
"You've got this," he whispered.
After hours of labor, the cry of a newborn echoed through the room.
"It's a healthy baby boy," the doctor announced.
Tears streamed down Ethan's face as the nurse carefully placed the baby into Emily's arms.
"Hello, little one," Emily whispered.
"You fought so hard to be here."
The nurses smiled as Ethan gently kissed his wife's forehead.
For weeks they had feared they might lose everything.
Instead, they had been given the greatest gift of their lives.
Outside the room, the Harrison family waited anxiously.
When Ethan stepped into the hallway holding his son, applause and tears broke out at once.
Even his father, a man who rarely showed emotion, quietly wiped away his eyes.
The nightmare that had begun on Emily's birthday finally gave way to hope.
The Harrison family welcomed its newest member with gratitude, knowing how close they had come to tragedy.
