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“Boat? What the fuck is she doing on a boat? You let an almost nine months pregnant woman on your boat?”
I pulled the phone away from my ear. “Look, it was a weird situation. She was interviewing for a job. It’s not like a sailboat or anything.”
“Interviewing? She’s nine months pregnant!”
“Maybe tell her that. I was as surprised as you were.”
Clint took a deep breath. “Sorry. My sister is impulsive to say the least. Just tell me where you are.”
“I just called an ambulance. She’s been in active labor for a while from what we can tell.”
“Active? Are you sure?”
“Pretty sure since she’s currently having contractions on my boat.”
“Let me talk to her.”
I turned around to face her and she shook her head as her face went bright red. Yeah, probably not a great idea. “Um. How far away are you from Crescent Cove? Crescent Lake, more specifically.”
“Twenty minutes.”
I honestly didn’t know if we’d last that long, but babies had their own timetable.
“I’ll text you a pin.”
“Right. Okay.” I could hear him moving around and the clink of keys, the slamming of a door and then he was gone.
I hurriedly sent him a text with my exact address and stuffed her phone back in my pocket just in time to have her spring off the seat.
“Gotta walk!”
I gently took her elbow to help her with balance as we paced around the circumference of the deck. I should probably call the restaurant, but I didn’t want Gillian to make a freaking scene. It would be bad enough when they spotted the ambulance in the parking lot.
I just kept pacing with Emma and cursed every minute of the ten we had to wait.
It had to be less than ten at this point. Five? Whatever it was, it was too long.
Baby on board suddenly sounded like a threat.
SIX
Pain madethings clear and hazy at the same time.
The crystal clarity of voices came in like a bullhorn and then out like I was wrapped in batting, then behind soundproof glass.
I could only focus on walking off the pain. A sense of urgency propelled me forward, one foot in front of the other. I’d thought I was ready for this baby.
I’d built the bassinet and changing table that took over the corner of my bedroom. The baby would sleep next to me for the first few months so it was smarter to just keep all the things with me.
Not like I’d be worried about bedroom boom boom for a good long while. It was going to be me and bean for the foreseeable future. Just the idea of letting anyone into my life right now was too overwhelming. I had to take care of us and that was about all I could focus on.
I’d quietly set aside the trust money from my grandparents as a cushion, but it pretty much covered the birthing center room and left me a little extra for emergencies. It wasn’t a lot of money. My family might have been considered royalty in our tiny town of Clintondale, but it wasn’t a never-ending vat of money. Especially since it was my family’s money, not mine.
My father wasn’t one for handouts.
However, I was determined to take care of my kid on my own. That meant I needed to find a job.Thisjob.
It was made for me. And was flexible enough for me to take care of bean.
