Chapter 49

When my water broke one morning, I was home alone. Dad had gone out to the next town for the farmer’s market, sure that I needed organic products freshly picked from the farm to have a smart baby. Brit and Ken were at work. And I had no one else who I really spoke to during my pregnancy.

The due date was three weeks later and I was the one least expecting it. Terrified, I called them.

Dad was as calm as ever. “Right. Hold that baby in for a few hours, Lilith.”

I snorted in response.

“I’m serious,” he said. “It is going to take me time to get there. Did you call the others?”

“No,” I said immediately.

“Do you want to call them? Brit and Ken should be at work…”

“I am not making any more calls,” I growled.

“Got it. I will call everyone. You take care until I get there.”

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Dad got us to the hospital in ten minutes and