Page 114 of His Surrogate Omega

“Just relax… and let me look around here,” the doctor murmured, never taking his eyes from the screen. The light from the machine washed over his face in the darkened room.

Dr. Forsythe rolled the paddle all the way over to his side—almost his back—and pushed and prodded. “Just relax and breathe for me, Gray.”

“What are you looking for?”

The doctor didn’t answer, just frowned and looked harder at the screen. Gray turned and looked himself… he saw the baby’s profile… two arms… two legs.

Wait…

There was another arm or leg. It was thinner than the others. “What is that?”

“I think I know,” the doctor said before pushing a little harder with the paddle. “If I can just get him to turn a little in the womb.”

The baby did a moment later… and there it was.

Another baby.

Both Jamie and Gray gasped in unison and turned to one another, their stares meeting before they both looked back to the small screen.

He was tiny in comparison to his brother. He was maybe half the size.

“Twins?” Gray asked, shocked.

The doctor smiled. “Twins.” He continued working, taking measurements on the screen and entering them into his charts.

“But how did we not know until now?” Jamie asked.

“My best guess is… you’ve got a very rare alpha and omega set of twins. The omega is so small that the alpha child hid him from view during the earlier ultrasounds and tests.” The doctor took a few pictures and then moved the paddle. “He’s tiny.Reallytiny. In these scenarios, there’s always a fear that the larger babe might be using up more of the resources and putting the smaller babe at risk. That little guy is likely underweight and small for his gestational age, but in most cases, they catch up once they’re born and return to average ranges within the first few years.”

“Is he in any danger?” Gray asked.

“His heartbeat sounded good just now. The nurse took some blood when you got here, and we’ll get it tested to see if there are any abnormalities. But going from the test results we’ve already done these past months, it’s been consistently good, so I’m not worried right now. If I see anything in this new draw, I’ll bring you in and we’ll talk decisions then.”

“What happens next?” Gray asks, worried.

“I’m going to strongly suggest bedrest,” the doctor advised. “And we may need to take the babes sooner than your due date if we see he’s struggling. The real estate in there is getting real tight, but I want them to remain where they are as long as possible. For now, he’s small, but not severely undersized. And as long as those test results don’t show any signs of an issue, we’ll play things week by week now.”

“Bedrest?” Gray cried, worriedly looking at Jamie. “I have too many things to do. I can’t spend the next two months in bed.” He had his nephews… Jamie… it was all too much for him to give in and lie about.

“You come live in our home,” Jamie said. “We can hire a cook… a manservant…. Whatever else we need. We’ll take care of you.”

“I appreciate your kind offer, but… I can’t abandon my nephews.”

“Auggie and Lake can come live with us as well,” Jamie said. “That will allow Avery to focus on his studies.”

“I can’t ask you to do that. It’s too much of a burden. Plus… you can’t speak for Rohan.” The alpha wouldn’t want him under the same roof. They couldn’t be so close.

“I’ll speak to Rohan, but I’m sure it’s what he’ll want to do,” Jamie said. “Protecting you is his instinct. He’ll do what’s best for the babies.” Jamie grinned. “Two… two precious little ones. We need to prepare!”

Gray opened his mouth to argue, but when he saw a light of hope shone in Jamie’s eyes that had been slowly fading, he couldn’t speak. “We’ll see what Rohan says and then decide.”

“Are we settled now?” the doctor asked, crooking one brow.

“Yes, sorry,” Gray said.

“For now, I’ll schedule your home birth nurses to visit you once a week and I want you in the office every week. Unless you have any issues. If you see any bleeding, have any pain—anything—I want you to go to a public hospital immediately. Call us on the way, if possible.”

“Yes, of course,” Gray said.

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