Happy Ever After for the Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett

Author:Jo Bartlett [Bartlett, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books

‘I hope I’m having a boy.’ Tilly rested a hand on her non-existent baby bump. It was Meg’s second day in a row sitting in the waiting area for an ultrasound. Ed was on the other side of Tilly, and Meg had given them the news about her scan over the phone the night before. She’d considered waiting until after Tilly’s scan, to keep the focus entirely on her daughter, but she’d almost certainly have let it slip by accident. At least this way, she couldn’t accuse Meg of keeping it from her. Tilly had said all the right things, but her tone had been subdued and it had been hard for Meg not to take it personally.

‘Why do you want a boy?’ Meg knew she was probably asking for trouble, but she couldn’t seem to help herself.

‘I just don’t want everything we’re doing to be the same.’ Tilly must have seen the look Ed shot her, because Meg did. ‘And I’m also hoping that, maybe, if I have a boy, he’ll have a bit of Seth and Dad in him. You’re not going to get that, are you? Well definitely not a child that’s anything like Dad anyway.’

Meg caught her breath, digging her nails into the palms of her hands in the hope that the physical pain might somehow alleviate the effect that Tilly’s words had on her. Just lately, spending time with her daughter was like death by a thousand cuts. What Tilly had said might have been true, but that didn’t make it any easier to hear.

‘I bet Johnnie’s thrilled.’ Ed smiled, leaning forward to look past Tilly. ‘I’ll be really pleased if we’re having a girl. Dads and daughters always seem to have such a great relationship, but I don’t really care what we’re having. And we won’t be able to find out today anyway.’

‘Don’t be so sure.’ Tilly shook her head. ‘When my friend Sophie went for her twelve-week scan, the sonographer told her what they thought the gender was. They said they could only be 60 or 70 per cent sure it was a girl at that stage, but they were right. If it’s a boy, it’ll be definite, though, because if there are dangly bits there’s no mistaking it.’

‘You’re going to love that baby like you’ve never loved anything else in your life, whatever gender it turns out to be. It’s unconditional.’ Meg squeezed her daughter’s hand. Sometimes over the last couple of months the love she had for Tilly had needed to be unconditional, but Meg had never once doubted it.

‘Tilly Sawyer?’ The sonographer who came out to call her name introduced himself as Tim. He got Tilly settled, explained what he’d be doing and made the same apology about the coldness of the gel. But that was where the similarity between Meg’s scan and Tilly’s ended.

Meg knew something was wrong almost straight away and the silence in the room was torturous as Tim moved the scanner across Tilly’s abdomen. The sonographer

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