Bravo Christmas Reunion by CHRISTINE RIMMER

Author:CHRISTINE RIMMER
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2007-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

The paramedic had been right. They were packed in that van like sardines in a can. Marcus pressed himself against the back of the driver’s seat, trying his damnedest to stay out of the way during the short, uncomfortable ride.

At the hospital, the registration process fell to Marcus. They took Hayley off to “prep” her, whatever the hell that meant. He tried to argue that he wasn’t letting her go without him, but she reassured him that it would only be a few minutes and then they’d bring him back to her.

He filled out all the papers and then he waited. For endless, torturous minutes. The others—Tanner, Brett and Angie—arrived. They sat with him. Or rather, they sat and he paced.

He thought he’d lived through hell in his life. How wrong he’d been. There was no hell like the hell of waiting to be led to Hayley’s side, praying she was doing all right, sure something terrible would happen while he was out here and she was in there, without him, when she needed him the most….

At last, they came and got him, gave him a hospital gown and showed him where to wash with antibacterial soap.

And then, finally, they took him to her. She reached for his hand.

The rest went by like some kind of dream—or maybe a nightmare.

Nurses and a doctor went in and out. Hayley suffered. He stayed with her, provided what comfort and encouragement he could.

Finally, the doctor said she could push.

Things happened pretty fast after that. Hayley groaned and sweated and, in agonizing increments, the miracle happened.

The doctor said, “The head has crowned. There we go. Very good. Push. Push.”

The nurse said, “Here come the shoulders….”

The rest was so swift. Instantaneous, really.

He heard a baby’s cry.

It was 5:17 on Saturday morning the sixteenth of December, and the doctor said, “It’s a girl.”

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