The cake had been cut, pictures taken, and everyone was mingling and having a grand old time when Nathan’s cell phone rang.
“Thomas,” he said. And listened intently, then frowned and went into his home office to hear better.
Bella watched him go, eyebrows raised.
“What’s that about?” Faith and Rick asked her.
“I think he might have caught a case,” she said.
“Ohhhh....” Stacy groaned loudly, and Bella could tell something wasn’t right.
“Stacy. You all right?”
Brad had his arm around his wife.
Nathan stepped back into the room just then. Bella went to him when she saw the look on his face.
“Baby, I have to go in to the office. We’ve got a new case,” he told her.
About that time, Stacy managed to say, “My water just broke,” before starting to Lamaze breathe through the next contract
