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“Good. I’m going to teach the baby how to beat you when he or she is older!”
We all laughed as Nathan patted my back. I glanced over at Jackson, who had tears in his eyes.
“Bro, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing. It’s just not that long ago that I was operating on her brain, and I wasn’t sure if she was going to make it. Then she woke up and had no memory of you or any of us. Now look. Not only are you still getting married, but you’re also having a baby together.” He hugged me. “I’m so damn proud of you, brother.”
“Okay. Stop.” I broke our embrace and wiped the tears from my eyes. “She’s alive because of you, and I owe you my life for that.”
“Okay, douchebags.” Simon walked over, and I could see the tears in his eyes. “Enough. We have some celebrating to do.”
“When are you telling Mom?” Stefan asked Sebastian.
“I’ll give her a call tomorrow. Where the hell has she been?” Sebastian asked.
“I don’t know, but I’m getting kind of worried,” Sam spoke.
“You know what? Let’s call Aunt Barb right now,” I said as I pulled out my phone and dialed her number.
“Conner, is everything okay? Is Charlotte okay?” she answered, and we all looked at each other.
“Yeah, Aunt Barb. Charlotte is fine. No one has heard from you in a while. We’re starting to worry.”
“You’re sweet, but there’s no need to worry.”
“Mom, it’s Sebastian.”
“Oh, hello, darling.”
“Conner and I have some news to tell you.”
“Okay. What’s going on?”
“Emilia is pregnant,” Sebastian said.
“And so is Charlotte,” I spoke.
“Oh, my goodness, boys. Congratulations. I’m so happy for both of you. We’ll all go out and celebrate as soon as I get back. I have to run.”
“Mom, wait—” Sebastian said.
Click.
“Did she just hang up on us?” Sebastian looked at me.
“I guess so.”
“And where the fuck is she?” Simon asked. “She didn’t tell us she was going out of town. What is that woman up to?” He narrowed his eye.
* * *
“Okay, you two. Let’s get this ultrasound going and see if we can hear the heartbeat.” Georgia smiled. “Oh, look at that. There’s your baby.”
I squeezed Charlotte’s hand as tears filled my eyes.
“And there’s the heartbeat. It’s nice and strong. Everything looks good.”
After work, Charlotte and I stopped at Target on the way home to pick up a few things we needed. My phone kept falling out of my shorts pocket, so I tossed it in the front of the cart and found Charlotte in the baby section looking at baby blankets.
