Fortune's Valentine Bride by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

When she looked back on all this later, Katie hadn’t really intended to go to the hospital with Wendy and the baby, especially not in the back of the ambulance. Now that the baby had been safely delivered, she just wanted to get out of the paramedics’ way and let them see to Wendy and her tiny girl. After all, the EMTs were the professionals and would take good care of both of them.

But one look at her best friend’s eyes was all it had taken. It told Katie that Wendy, despite her bravado, was still shaken, still in need of reassurance. Still in need of a familiar face to be there with her.

So, at the last minute, she suddenly heard herself calling out, “Wait up. I’m going with her.”

The paramedic inside the back of the ambulance looked a little dubious for a second, then nodded. “Okay, come on,” he said as he extended his hand to her.

Grasping it, she got on and then perched on the tiny bit of space beside Wendy’s gurney. She had no idea how she was going to get back to Red Rock and the house, but that didn’t matter right now. All that mattered was that her best friend still needed her—at least until Marcos could be reached so that he could come down to the hospital to be with his wife.

“She’s so tiny,” Wendy murmured, exhaustion and a mother’s concern evident in every syllable. “Do you think she’ll be all right?”

“She’s a survivor,” Katie assured her. “And look who her mother is. Of course she’ll be all right.”

Wendy looked up at her. “Thank you.”

“Just telling you the truth,” Katie replied, shrugging off the thanks.

“No, I mean for everything. For being there and bringing the baby into the world.”

Katie smiled warmly. “She brought herself into the world. I was just the cheering section,” she said, looking at the very tiny bundle for the moment sleeping against Wendy’s breast.

Kissing the top of her baby’s head, Wendy looked back at Katie. There was wonder and disbelief mingled in her eyes.

“I’m a mother, Katie,” she said in hushed awe.

Katie smiled. “I know. I was there.”

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