"Ah, Mr. Ayre," Dr. Valley began, "you will have to get this teddy bear, out of here. You do want to assist in the birth, do you not?"
"Of course."
"Are you married to Jesse?"
"Dr. Valley," Jesse said, “I want him here with me."
"Fine," the doctor said. "Oh, before I forget, there was a certain Mr. Tatti looking for you a few minutes ago. And you need to go to the front desk for the formalities.”
"Yes, doctor." He hadn’t noticed Tatti in the lobby downstairs.
Solomon glanced at Jesse's sweaty face. She was having another contraction. Her face had darkened. Her eyes had a frightened look.
"I’ll be right back," Solomon assured Jesse as he left the room with the teddy bear.
He found Tatti pacing the lobby of the hospital.
"Where have you been?" Tatti hissed at Solomon. "I've been l
