“He leans on him a lot.”It was something Reese admired about Baz.The relationship he had with his father.Having lost his own father, he didn’t have that relationship anymore, and he missed it.
“Yeah, well.Wes is a good guy.”
“Speakin’ of fathers,” Reese prompted.“You tell your parents?”
“Oh, shit.Can you do it?They’ll wanna be there.”
Reese grabbed his phone with his free hand and took care of that, then he sat back and enjoyed the silence for the rest of the drive.He figured he should savor it since it was all they were gonna get for a while.
Chapter Ten
“How’re you doing?”the nurse called asshe strolled into the room like it was any other Tuesday.
All right, fine.Maybe Marybeth was having a good day, but JJ could not say the same.
Rather than use her words, JJ was being ornery, so she grunted.These people did not get to stand around all happy like while she was going through …this.Jesus.How in the hell was she going to do this?It wasn’t possible to squeeze a watermelon through a straw hole.Maybe her vagina wasn’t the size of a straw, but the mental image was still effective.
“Dr.Tinder’s checking on a couple of patients, then he’s heading this way.He’ll check your cervix, and we’ll have a better idea how long you’ve got.”
JJ’s gaze snapped to Baz.She noticed he was shaking his head very subtly.It was a warning for her not to go off on this nurse the way she had the other one who’d come in earlier.It took tremendous effort and might’ve cost her a little blood, but she managed to bite her tongue.
“We’re watching the monitor so we can see when you have a contraction.They’re consistent and getting closer together.That’s a good sign.”
JJ’s eyes darted to the woman.“A good sign?”she snapped.
Baz was instantly at her side, taking her hand, squeezing more than gently.“Take a breath, baby.”
“If I wasn’t breathin’, I’d be dead,” she bit out.
Baz inhaled long and slow, a silent request for her to do the same.
JJ glared up at him.“I know what you’re doin’.”
His response was a sexy smirk and she wanted to slap it right off his handsome face.
“Dr.Tinder will be in shortly,” the nurse repeated as she headed for the door.
Before JJ could shout something obscene at the woman, Baz leaned down and kissed her.
“This isnota good sign,” she hissed against his mouth.“It’s not time yet.”
“It’s gonna be fine,” he said, sounding far too confident.
JJ wanted to believe him.She wanted to think that her babies would be born and everything would be fine.She wanted to believe that, come tomorrow or the next day, they would get to go home.She’d read so many horror stories about premature babies, and it terrified her.She just wanted to cross her legs and keep them there for a few more weeks, just until she knew for certain.
Right.
Certain.
Like anyone could ever be absolutely positive about anything.
“Is Brantley here?”she asked.
“He’s on his way.”
“What about Iris and Frank?”
Baz smiled.“I texted Iris myself.She said they would break all the speed limits just to get here.”
