"It wasn't me. It's my wife.” Elliot gave him Avery's account number. "This is the account, and she forgot the password. There are a lot of photos in it so please check with your technician to see if you can recover the account and the photos in it."
"Alright. I am a technician myself so I will have a look right away. If I don't get back to you before midnight, don't wait up."
"Thank you."
"It's alright. It’s our honor that your wife chose to use our platform.”
Once he hung up, Elliot opened the photo album on his phone to look at the ultrasound Ruby had sent him earlier. He zoomed into the face of the baby, and it indeed resembled Layla in certain ways.
He could not help but head into the bathroom to turn the lights on, before looking in the mirror to stare at his reflection.
Layla looked like Avery, so why would his child with Ruby look like Layla?
After staring into the mirror for a while, he opened his album again to look for Layla’s photos.
Layla's features had become more dimensional and started developing a unique look When Elliot looked at her, he would sometimes feel like she looked more like Avery, but then feel like she looked like him some other time.
His heart sank.
He had no feelings toward Ruby, so he thought that he would not feel anything toward their child either, but he hesitated at the sight of how much the baby resembled Layla.
He knew exactly why. It was because the baby looked like Layla. If the baby looked like Ruby or him, he would not feel anything.
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