Although the maternity ward was only on the hospital's second floor, and not a very far walk at all from the elevator, the hallways themselves seemed to go on forever, as Corinthian hastily carried Juniper to the room that Dr. Meilla had already set up for them. Corinthian broke out in a sweat, not from carrying his little family in his arms, or from the journey itself, but from the sheer panic every time Juniper cried out in pain. Before Corinthian could even set Juniper down on the hospital bed, Dr. Meilla, Ashley, and a team of nurses had surrounded them. Within only a few minutes, Juniper was stripped out of her sheet and robe, redressed into a hospital gown, strapped in, and hooked up to the different machines that would monitor the baby's heart rate and Juniper's blood pressure.
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