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Ephraim seemed relaxed, but his hand told her a different story It stopped ?" the man’s wife asked

"No, not yet," Ephrai in his tone "So, do they really let you cut the umbilical cord?"

"Yes, but you have to ask ahead of time or they’ll do it for you"

"Not to put you on the spot or anything, but do they let you watch the baby be born or do they use curtains?"

They laughed "It’s fine They can do either It’s up to us to tell theo"

"Really?" Ephraim seemed enthralled with the subject

"Murphy," the nurse called

"Oh, that’s us," theHe helped his wife up and walked her out of the room He threw a smile at Madison "Good luck, Detective"

Madison stopped a groan Theto make a baby Well, it was probably better than the truth that she hurt herself with a sex toy

"Si," Ephraim murmured

"It’s just childbirth, Ephraim You can probably watch it online"

"Really?" he sounded excited

"You didn’t know that?"

"No, I got bored with the internet when it cao I just use it now to send in hed, "I promise"

"Excellent," he said cheerfully

From beneath her veil of hair she said, "I don’t understand why you’re so excited about it"

He looked around the room happily "Marc would have loved this"

"Your brother?" He never spoke about his fa it was probably a painful subject for him

"Yes, when his wife Hannah was in her first confineht he could go in during the birth"

She pushed her hair away fro her He brought her hand to his mouth and kissed it

"So, what happened?" She didn’t want hi her either

"Well, we ht into the room so he could sit back and watch" He chuckled "Hannah found out and made sure that ere both kept out She hired five footuard the door to keep him out"

"I bet he didn’t like that"

He laughed louder She liked hearing hih It sent pleasant shivers down her spine "No, he yelled and threw a fit He reminded them that he was the Duke and he would not be kept out"

"Did it work?"

Still chuckling "No, his sister-in-law ca woman, threatened to box his ears and told hiet another chance to put a babe in his wife’s woain"

"What did he do?"

"Oh, he sat down of course Bertha was a formidable woetting her pain and discoave up?"

He shook his head "Oh no, not Marc He bid his tined disinterest in the births We went to his study to drink and play cards and told the servants not to bother us until the babe was out and ready for holding"

"What happened with the fourth?"