The Arrival
POV: Diana
The pain didn’t start with a scream.
It started with a quiet tension in my lower back while I was rinsing strawberries in the kitchen. My hand paused mid motion while the cold water still running over my fingers as a cramp curled through my body like a slow ripple.
I blinked stood still and waited.
It passed.
Then another came sharper this time. Low and strong and impossible to ignore.
I didn’t panic.
I just whispered “Cameron ” and within seconds he was beside me.
His hands caught my elbows before I even swayed. “Tell me.”
“They’ve started ” I said. “But not fast. Not hard yet.”
He didn’t hesitate. Didn’t speak. Just pulled out his phone called Gina then turned to me again.
“Hospital or home?” he asked.
“Hospital ” I said. “I want us somewhere safe. Som
