The office door shut quietly. His footsteps were muffled on the carpet floor as he walked toward his desk and set the framed photo down.

A baby, too young yet to tell the sex, was still growing and forming features. And yet John could make out the head, arms, and legs of his future child. He let go of the photo and stepped back, arms crossed over his chest.

At 37 years old, and Captain of the 141, John Price was married to a younger woman—and now he was going to have a baby.