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A smile bloomed across Sara's face. "Ice cream."
"Oh, my God. You're pregnant?"
Sara nodded. "It was positive."
Emma moved around the counter and gave Sara a big hug. "I am so happy for you. And don't start crying, or I'm going to cry, too."
"You never cry," Sara said.
"Well, I don't want to start now," she said with a sniff.
"I didn't think I was going to be this happy," Sara said, wonder still in her eyes. "But I am. I'm going to have a baby. I'm going to be a mother."
"It's fantastic. I cannot wait. You have to call Aiden."
Sara hesitated. "I'll tell him when I get home. I don't want to do it over the phone. And he's with Burke and Aiden right now."
"Probably a good idea. He'll be overjoyed, but you still might want to tell him when he's sitting down. This kind of news can shake anyone up." She paused as the front door opened.
Max walked into the apartment. He looked tired. His tie hung loosely around his neck and the sleeves of his shirt were rolled up to the forearms. He'd been working a homicide case for two weeks that was giving him a lot of sleepless nights, but last night he'd made an arrest. Hopefully, that would be it. She walked over to give him a kiss. "Hi."
"Hi yourself," he said, giving her a loving look. Then he nodded to Sara. "How are you doing?"
"She's doing great," Emma said before Sara could answer. "Can we tell him? I know you want to tell Aiden first, but I'm not going to be able to keep it to myself for that long."
"Tell me what?" Max asked.
Sara held up the pregnancy test stick. "I'm pregnant."
"Well, that is great news." He crossed the room to give Sara a hug.
"I'm hoping Aiden will feel that way, too," Sara said. "He doesn't know yet, and it wasn't exactly planned."
"He'll be happy," Max said with confidence in his voice.
"I should go find him," Sara said, grabbing her bag. "Thank you, Emma, for forcing me to face my fears, the way you always do."
"Call me later and tell me what Aiden says. Maybe tomorrow we can go out and celebrate."
"Sounds good."
As Sara left the apartment, Emma glanced over at Max. He had an odd expression on his face. "Are you thinking about how you'd feel if I was unexpectedly pregnant?"
"You're not, are you?"
"Well, Sara and I do like to do things together," she joked. "But no, I'm not. If I were, how would you feel?"
"Terrified. A little girl with your blonde hair, blue eyes and stubborn personality would probably kill me."
She smiled back at him. "You're just as stubborn as I am."
"True." He paused. "Do you want to have a baby right now, Emma?"
She smiled and shook her head. "No. I want to marry you and start our lives. I want to be a little selfish and have you to myself for a while."
"I feel the same way," he said. "But one day…"
"One day," she agreed. "In the meantime, we need to be a little more careful than Aiden and Sarah."
He laughed. "I'm always more careful than Aiden."
"True. I would really love to see his reaction when Sara tells him he's going to be a father."
* * *
"I must admit this is one of your better ideas, Aiden," Drew told his brother as he raised his beer glass to his lips.
"The beer or the boat?" Aiden asked.
"Both," Drew said with a laugh. He set down his glass and glanced around the restaurant bar at the yacht club. The far wall was one large window that ran from floor to ceiling and overlooked the bay and the bridge. On the other two walls were television screens playing a variety of sporting events. A few men sat at the bar talking about the wind conditions out on the bay, and another larger group of people had commandeered one of the larger tables. "Nice place."
"We'll be spending a lot of time here," Aiden said.
"Unless we decide to dock the boat somewhere cheaper," Burke put in.
"The Eleanor has always been here," Aiden said.
"Because Grandpa had money, and this is the best spot in the city," Burke said. "But there are cheaper locations I'm sure."
