Chapter 85

The grip on his hand snapped like a vise, and he knew she was having another contraction. He stroked her hair and talked to her in a low, soothing voice.

He remembered enough from the few classes he'd gone to with her to remind her to focus and breathe. He had a bad feeling that if they didn’t get her to a room soon she was going to have this kid in the elevator. How long did it take to ride up four floors for God’s sake? Finally the bell tinged and the doors dragged slowly open.

The orderly led them down the hall to Labor and Delivery. Next came the nurses, and a million questions he tried his best to answer. Everyone was calling him Dad too and he had to admit to himself that he liked that more than he ever thought he would. They barely had time to get her to a room, into a gown and prepped. In the whirlwind of activity, he stayed right beside her, talking her through it.

“I want dr**s,” Anna told the nurse who was taking her blood pressure. Then she turned to Ce