Elise stood near the window after dinner, watching her aunt from afar when Ian had came and settled his hand gently over her shoulder, "You shouldn't worry too much. Stress is terrible for you as the doctors had said."
"I try to but—" Elise sighed, she was about to explain her anxiousness she felt in her heart when she looked at Esther's face and her determined eyes. The stars on the black sky sparkled and Elise felt something had shifted.
"Elise?" Ian questioned, feeling the sudden change from her expression.
"I can't explain it well," she looked to her husband and her smile softened. All her worries faded in an instant. "But I feel that it would be okay now."
Ian raised his eyebrows, placing his hand on Elise's baby bump a smile creeped on his lips, "I look forward to the future."