Five Years Earlier
Bella's POV
The contractions started at four in the morning, and by the time I'd counted three of them close enough together to actually mean something, I understood I wasn't going to make it through this calmly.
"Mara's stuck," I said into the phone, breathing through another wave, Ronan's voice steady on the other end.
"Traffic on the interstate, an accident, she doesn't know how long."
"I'm already in the car." I heard his engine start behind his voice, unhurried in a way that somehow made me feel less panicked instead of more.
"I'll meet you at the hospital. Call your doctor's office now, I'll be there before you finish checking in."
He was, too. I walked through the hospital doors doubled over another contraction, and found him already standing in the admit
