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“I don’t know, dad, training camp starts in a few weeks, and I’m currently training the rookie QB.”
“You’re training the rookie they just drafted from here? Why?”
“Probably because he is from there, and I’m the best one to train him,” I say.
“Hmmm, well I’d like for you to come home to visit this year. You haven’t been home since you were drafted.”
“I know, dad, I don’t know when I’ll be able to. Maybe it would be better for you to come out here again.”
“Son, I like my fall and winters. You don’t get that in Alabama, and the humidity is awful there. I don’t know how anyone can breathe with all that.”
I laugh, because he’s right, the humidity can be unbearable here, but it never gets as cold here as it does there. Sometimes I miss Maine winters, but then I remember all the snow, and I’m okay with where I’m at.
“I’m sure the Hummingbirds will extend your contract, son. I want you to know that no matter what happens, I’m very proud of you.”
“Thanks, dad. I miss you too,” I tell him, a tightness forming in my chest as I hang up.
I really should consider finding time to go home and spend with him.
CHAPTER2
KRISTA
“Reschedule my appointments,” I call out.
“Krista, where are you off to in a hurry,” the receptionist Sharon asked.
“To the maternity ward. Emily had her babies,” I squeal.
“What? Isn’t it early?”
“Yeah, that’s why I need to go make sure she’s okay,” I say, running out the building, having just read the text message, since I was with a patient for the last hour and a half.
I head over to the hospital, Leia’s text going through my mind.
The babies are here, and Emily could use you both.
My heart dropped, hoping the babies are okay. She’s early, though we knew there was a possibility of her delivering early, we had all hoped she would make it a little longer than this. I walk into the hospital going straight for the elevator that will take me to the maternity ward. When I get off the elevator, I walk straight to the nurse’s station.
“Can I help you?” the nurse asks.
“Can you tell me what room Emily Janoby is in, please?”
“She is in room 264, down the hall, last door on the right.”
“Thank you,” I say as I walk quickly down the hall.
I knock lightly on the door, then open it. Emily is laying on the bed, Jake right beside her.
“Hey, Em,” I say.
“Krista,” she says, her eyes lighting up when I walk in.
“Guess the babies didn’t want to wait anymore, huh?” I ask, with a chuckle.
“No, they did not,” she says, shaking her head.
“How are you feeling?”
