At the revelation, Ray dropped his briefcase and his jacket fell to the floor. “Anna? My baby girl?” Ray’s voice immediately softened, the same way it did when he was speaking to his little girl in the womb. “How- I mean, I know how, buy why?”
She nodded “All in the flesh.” Anna smiled, getting teary eyes. “I have no idea. Neither of us knows. But we are all here.” She spoke softly. “I am so glad to see you again.” It had been so long.
Ray immediately noticed the tears in his daughter’s eyes and walked to be close to her. “Hey, hey,” he whispered, pulling her into a hug. “What matters is that you’re here, and I’m here. You’re safe.” As Ray held her close, his mind was racing with possibilities of how she could be here one second, and quiet the next, just thankful to be holding his baby girl in his arms.