“Hello, darling! Have you eaten yet? You need to keep your strength up, your showing now, so the baby will need more nourishment.”
“Yes, Mum. I went to the clinic this afternoon. The baby’s fine and so am I, and the baby is officially a girl now or ninety-seven percent odds on, something like that, but I knew it would be from the start. Are you sitting with the others?”
“Yes, Soom.”
“Put Craig on, please, I’d like him to be the next to know and I want to tell him myself.” She passed the phone across, mouthing ‘She wants to speak to you’.”
“Hello, Craig?”
“Yes, dear. How are you?”
“I am fine, and you?”
“I’m well too…”
“The baby is definitely a girl, Paw, and her cheu len, er, nickname, is Seashell. What do you think of that?”
“That’s fantastic news… Seashell, I love the name. I’ve
