Chapter 51
‘I told you, no ambulance,’ Tess insisted, snatching the phone away from Noah and throwing it onto the couch. Then she zipped up the small backpack she’d just finished packing with muesli bars and cans of tuna, which I could understand after having sampled Nalong Hospital’s food for a week. ‘Dallmin, there’s a bag under my bed that I need. It’s pretty big—could you please get it for me?’
He pelted out of the room as if it was a race.
‘Fine, I’ll drive you,’ Noah said. ‘At least let me call Dr Vertan to let her know we’re on our way.’ He reached for the phone again but Tessa grabbed his shirt in her fist.
‘We’re not on our way, so you can’t call her,’ she grunted, squeezing her eyes shut as another contraction gripped her.
‘Are you crazy? We need to go now! I don’t want to b
