It’s a girl

How is that going?”

“About as well as you’d expect.”

“When are you coming home? Carl and I miss you.”

“I miss you both too. I’ll go home after she has the baby. I want to be here for her.”

“Okay. Tell Lucien I said hi. I’ve called him and he hasn’t answered. I imagine he’s preoccupied.”

“Yeah, he is. I’ll tell him. Kiss our baby good night for me.”

Tracy hated being away from her son, but she had to be there for her friend. She could only hope her child had a friend like that someday. Someone to watch over him no matter what.

The three of them slept in the hospital room. Lucien slept on a pullout sofa, and Tracy shared the bed with Audrey. The night was peaceful, quiet. Each of them slept, their dreams taking them in very different directions.

Suddenly, Tracy felt something squeezing her hand.

“Audrey?” Tracy rubbed the sleep from her eyes. “What’s happening?”

Audrey’s eyes were screwed shut, and her hold on Tracy’s hand tightened.

“My water broke. Everything hurts. I think… I think t