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Mostly, what she does is stare. She holds Edie in her arms and she feeds her or she sleeps and she just...stares at her. Mostly, she's trying to figure out how something so utterly perfect can have come from her. Danny, she can believe it of, but her? What she do to deserve something like this. A few days after Edie is born, Alex lets Danny start texting people, letting them know that they can come and visit, if they want to. She installs herself in the sunroom with Edie wrapped in a blanket in her arms and she rocks, slowly, and she feels, for the first time in her life, like she's something entirely new.

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Hopper smiles a little and gives Alex a nudge with his elbow. "I guess I can do that," he says with a heavy sigh, as if it's a huge deal. As if it isn't something he absolutely loves, despite feeling old.

"Guess I'll have to get Bev and El over here to meet her sometime soon, huh?" he asks. "If they're gonna be her aunts."

"Guess she can't have too many aunts," says Alex, looking down at the little face. "Maybe I'd have turned out different if Mira hadn't been trying to keep on the straight and narrow on her own." She traces the tip of one finger against Edie's chubby cheek. "Hopefully you're not going to be the kid I deserve, huh, little girl?"