Dani Austin helped me up and I groaned. “What, baby?” “I’m not going to make it to the hospital,” I rasped. “This little girl is coming now.” “Get her up to your room, Booker,” Macey said. “We’ll call an ambulance while we try to keep the baby inside.” “No, you don’t understand,” I countered, grabbing for Austin. “She’s coming. Right now.” Austin swept me up into his arms and carried me to the bunk room which was on the first floor. Doc, Macey, and Kim followed, and I bent over in pain when Austin set me on my feet. “Let’s get her out of those wet clothes,” Doc said. “We called for an ambulance, but it’s gonna take a little while for it to get here.” Macey pulled a comforter off one of the beds and doubled it over to throw on the sofa while Austin helped me out of my wet bottoms.

