“I’m your husband. I’m supposed to overreact.”
Megan sighed. “I had another set of Braxton Hicks contractions. I’m fine now.”
William pulled out his cell phone.
“You can’t call the obstetrician.”
“It’s his job to look after you.”
Megan pulled herself to the edge of the seat. “He’ll only tell you what he told us the last time you called.” William held onto her as she stood upright. “I’m not in labor.”
“I still think—”
Megan’s fingers dug into William’s jacket. She leaned into his chest, breathing heavily.
Willow looked at her watch. “It’s only been ten minutes since the last contraction.”
William’s panicked gaze shot to Willow.
“Do you want me to get Zac?” she said quickly. “He must have delivered lots of babies.”
William’s brief nod was all she needed.
While William rubbed Megan’s back, Willow rushed into the reception area, scanning the wedding guests for a tall, brown-haired doctor. She couldn’t see him, but Pastor John was sitting at their table.
Willow headed straight toward him, hoping like crazy he knew where Zac had gone.
“Is everything all right?” he asked.
“We think Megan is in labor. Have you seen Zac?”
John lunged to his feet. “He’s getting coffee. Come with me.”
Willow didn’t know what the other wedding guests thought as they ran across the dance floor but, right at the moment, she didn’t care.
When she saw Zac, she breathed a sigh of relief.
“What’s wrong?”
“Come with me. We think Megan’s in labor.”
He left the two coffee cups on the nearest table and followed her into the foyer.
Willow tried to think positive thoughts. With a pastor and a doctor at the wedding, they had every base covered.
She hoped.
Zac tookone look at Megan and knew she was worried. “When did you start having contractions?”
“I’ve had them on and off for the past few weeks. They’ve been more frequent today.”
“How frequent?”
“This is the fourth set in the last hour.”
Zac looked at William. If anything, he was in worse shape than his wife. “Did you call your obstetrician?”
“I tried,” William said. “But he’s delivering another baby. I told the person I spoke with that you’re here. They asked if you could exam Megan. If you think it’s necessary, we’ll drive to Polson.”
