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"Leah, hello"

Once Leah had been asked to be a guest speaker for one of the birthing classes and she’d talked briefly about labor and delivery and answered an hour or uide was Jo Ann Rossini who’d been the instructor for the class Leah had visited Jo Ann walked into the roonancy

"Ladies, this is the nurse I h to go into labor during Leah’s shift Leah Lundberg is one of the most wonderful labor coaches you’re likely to er to escape

"I’ll be out of your way in just athem in the laundry basket

"There’s no need to hurry You’d probably do aa tour around the labor room than o," Bonnie said, corateful she could have kissed her fellow nurse, not that staying beyond when they were scheduled was anything out of the ordinary It was part and parcel of her job, which, despite everything, Leah loved

"Would you mind if we asked you a couple of questions?" A tiirl didn’t look to be any hteen, with eyes the size of poker chips Her hand rested on her protruding stomach, which she rubbed as if to reassure her unborn child

"I’ve only got a few h labor and birth can fully appreciate what it’s like for another woman," one of the other e and brusque and looked as if she wanted to punish her husband for getting her into this predicament "Don’t you think that’s true?" she added on a brash note

"Ah" This definitely wasn’t an area Leah wanted to address "A doctor doesn’t have to experience a festering cut to kno to treat one," she said,can we expect the labor to last?" came another question This one was less intrusive

"It’s different with every woman, as individual as we each are I’ve seen woes of pain, and others who feel like they’re giving birth to a grand piano Labor can last anywhere fro?" It was the same timid voice that had spoken earlier

"Just ree"

"Thank you, Leah," Jo Ann said, stepping forward "We appreciate your taking the time for this I know you’re on your way hoer Re to her class "Because once you’ve had her with you during labor you aren’t likely to ever forget her"

"One last question" The saain "Tell us how many children you’ve had yourself"

Leah looked at the other wo with hers "None," she said, then turned and walked out of the rooained speed as she hurried down the hallway, tears blurring her eyes

"Breht deck of the aircraft carrier Niht like beacons from home "Why in the name of heaven did you decide we should meet here?"

"I like ships, especially navy ones"

Goodness shared a , have you?"

Mercy’s eyes widened as if she were offended by the suggestion "Good grief, I know better than to nore that," Shirley said, folding her arly toward Mercy as if to say she appreciated the ," Mercy said, "I don’t plan on tangling with the US Navy They can be real sticklers about that sort of thing, although it would be fun just once to--"

"Mercy!" both Goodness and Shirley cried siuys, don’t you know a joke when you hear one?" The petite angel drifted effortlessly upward, resting on the bridge

Goodness wasn’t sure of anything these earth days Humans had frustrated her in the past, but she’d never had to deal with one as obstinate and foolish as Monica Fischer There was a soft spot in her heart for preachers’ children Goodness was convinced Gabriel are of her feelings and that hat had prone the subject, but are those sub from the top of the communication tower and pointed to a series of seven fast-attack black boats docked in the et Sound Naval Shipyard "I don’t believe I’ll ever understand how the hu a boat that’s supposed to sink"

"Can we get back to theyou I’ Leah and Andrew"

"You!" Goodness cried