CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
Fireworks ushered in the new year and soon, night rolled into day. Each room at the inn began to fill up with tired residents who didn’t want the celebrations to end just yet. To Emily surprise, she soon had a fully booked inn!
She left the ball in the capable hands of her staff and went to get some much needed rest. But at six a.m. she woke suddenly to the sensation of a strong contraction. Her first proper one. Labor had begun.
She turned and shook Daniel awake.
“I just had a contraction,” she told him. “A proper one.”
Daniel’s eyes widened with excitement and fear. “Really? It’s going to be today? We’re going to meet our daughter today?”
“We have to start timing them,” Emily told him.
He scrabbled for his cell phone on the bedside table. “Okay. The stopwatch is
