“Huh.”
I pushed Samantha into the ED, while Theo slung her hospital bag over his shoulder and hurried after us.
They wheeled Samantha away and escorted me to a room where I could change into scrubs. I thought Theo was right behind me and was surprised he wasn’t. I pulled on a pair of blue booties and went out to find him.
He stood in the corridor, panic on his face. “But…” An older nurse stood before him, a pugnacious expression on her face.
“What’s going on, Theo?”
“They won’t let me in.”
“Only family is allowed,” the nurse snapped.
“You don’t understand,” I said. “Theo is family. He’s this baby’s other father.”
“That’s disgusting.”
“Is it,” I challenged. I pulled out my cell phone and made a call to someone I’d happened to help out. “Sorry to bother him at this hour,” I said to
