Paradise in Oblivion: a Lost in Oblivion Christmas Novella by Cari Quinn & Taryn Elliott

Author:Cari Quinn & Taryn Elliott [Quinn, Cari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rainbow Rage Publishing
Published: 2019-03-07T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

Lila

She was surrounded by babies. Drowning in them.

And now Lila was going to have to watch her best friend give birth. Possibly even help with it.

Luckily, the midwife, Nora, was there to help. They’d already vetoed going to the hospital, since the wind was getting crazy and there were all kinds of alerts sounding on their phones.

As far as she was concerned, if it had been up to her, they would’ve gone to the hospital anyway. But Margo still seemed to think she wasn’t in labor. And she wasn’t going anywhere without Simon.

As if he could help. Margo would probably end up strangling him before the actual birth.

Lila sighed and refolded the cotton towels Nora had asked her to gather. If she’d been smart, she would’ve stayed home with their girls, rather than coming on this vacation. Her hope had been that the lack of stress would lead to something positive on the baby front. Maybe. They really weren’t in any hurry, but when close friends and family knew that having a child was on the agenda, they tended to ask how things were going often. And look at you a lot when certain announcements were made.

Such as Zoe’s pregnancy. That one she hadn’t expected.

No matter how often she said they were okay with waiting to see what happened, the questions kept coming along with the speculative glances. Add in the endless baby reminders literally every place she went and she was ready to get pregnant one more time just so they could all move on. No one would stop asking otherwise.

Besides, she couldn’t help being a planner. She’d finally decided she really wanted one more child and now it was supposed to happen in the allotted time. And it just was not.

Yet.

Then again, Margo’s imminent birthing experience might just remind her of what exactly she was signing up for. Her daughters were moving out of the toddler stage. Did she really want to go back there again?

She glanced at Margo, who was still so beautiful with her flushed cheeks, big belly, and slightly frantic eyes.

Yes, she did. Without a doubt. The soft, sweet little baby waiting on the other side was worth all the discomfort.

Lila smiled. Her best friend would get to experience the wonder and fright and joy of that soon enough.

“She’s not kicking. Shouldn’t she be kicking?”

“If you don’t get stressed out, she won’t get stressed out,” Nora said soothingly from where she sat beside Margo. “Keep focusing on your breathing. And we’ll wait for the next contraction.”

“Li? Did yours kick before you gave birth?”

“Yes, but intermittently. There’s a lot going on inside you right now.” Lila moved closer to Margo and wiped a wet washcloth over her friend’s forehead. “Are you sure about the hospital? It could just be Braxton-Hicks.”

“It doesn’t feel like that. It feels weird.” Margo rubbed her belly. “I wish she’d just move. She’s freaking me out.”

“She was moving earlier, wasn’t she?” Nora’s calming voice helped to ease the crackle of nerves buzzing between Lila’s shoulder blades as well.

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