Page 79 of My Omega's Baby
I chuckled and we started down the path. “I’ve been trying to think of how we can come out to everyone back home.”
He grimaced. “Yeah, we probably shouldn’t walk in to work and just announce,Hey everybody, we’re bisexual!”
“Well, we’re going to be a family, and families live together. People are just going to have to deal.”
“Agreed.”
“Plus, you’re having a C-section. That’s a major surgery. You’re not going to be able to just jump back to work.”
He scowled. “I know.”
“I think we should say you had an emergency appendectomy or something. You can’t hide that you had surgery.”
“Okay.” He winced and grabbed his belly. “Fuck.” He doubled over and stumbled.
I grabbed his arm to stop him from falling. “Are you okay?”
His face was twisted in pain, and he seemed pale. “I don’t feel very good.”
Glancing up ahead, I saw we still had a ways to go down the mountain. “Do you want to sit and rest?”
He shook his head, a determined set to his jaw. “I think we need to get down the mountain right away.”
“Why?”
He clutched his stomach again and gritted his teeth. “I think I might be in labor.” He grimaced and panted against the pain. “Shit. I feel like I’m gonna pass out.”
The stern warning from Dr. Peters about how swiftly we needed to get to a doctor if labor began rang in my head.
“Let’s move.” I pulled my cell from my pocket, and with shaky hands I dialed Dr. Peters. When he answered, I tried not to sound too panicked in case I spooked Blade even more. “Hey, Doc, I think Blade’s in labor.”
“Really?” Dr. Peters sounded surprised. “He still has a week to go. I thought we at least had a few more days.”
“I guess the baby didn’t get the memo.”
“Okay, well, I’ll meet you at the clinic in ten minutes.”
I swallowed hard. “One problem.”
“Yes?”
“We’re halfway up the hill behind our cabin.” I bit my lip and held Blade around the waist as we stumbled awkwardly along.
The doctor inhaled sharply. “Can you give me that in a time measurement?”
Judging by how slowly Blade was walking, it didn’t look good. “If I had to guess, twenty minutes is the best-case scenario.” My gut clenched with fear. I knew time was against us right now.
“Shit.”
Dr. Peters’s reaction did nothing to calm my panic. “Can you meet us halfway? We’ll go as fast as we can, and if you can meet us, the odds are better.”
“A mountainside delivery isn’t optimum.” His voice was strained.
“What other option do we have, Doc?”
“I’m on my way.” He hung up without another word.
“What did he say?” Blade said through clenched teeth.
