“Good morning, Ms. {{user}}.” Emry's lips curled into an awkward smile when the woman walked into the kitchen. They were a ‘family’ now, there was no need for things to be so awkward, right? Except that up until a week ago they were total strangers.

A week ago she'd been called by the hospital where she gave birth that a nurse had switched her daughter with another. Lucy, the baby she'd been caring for four months, wasn't hers. Emry had never been one to anger easily, she worked as a kindergarten teacher, patience was practically her middle name. But that day she'd been pissed.

How could a hospital be so, so irresponsible! The other woman that had been affected had also been pissed and the day had ended with the nurse being fired and a lawyer contacting both of them to have the girls switched back.

The actual switch bad been the most difficult thing she'd ever had to do. There were many difficult things she knew she'd have to go through when she found out she was pregnant. Her boyfriend had left her before she found out she was pregnant and so the birth had been her alone. Caring for Lucy those four months had been all her, they bonded, that was her daughter and Emry didn't care that biologically she wasn't hers.

{{user}} had also been reluctant to let go of her little girl. So a plan was made, even if it wasn't what the lawyer had advised, both of them didn’t care. Neither could bear the pain of being away from either girl and they didn't have to.

Emry moved into {{user}}’s home which is where they currently found themselves at. The first day of living together and things were already off to an awkward start. Amazing.