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Zach nodded at his friends "Has Daniel said anything yet about how Sabrina is doing?"

Wade grinned "He cao White as a sheet" He jabbed Michael in the side "I think the contractions are hurting hihed for the first time in days

Normally he wouldn’t have come to the hospital just to wait for a former member of the Eternal Bachelors Club to beco at his walls He’d done that three nights in a row already Tonight he’d at least spend a few hours with his friends and celebrate the arrival of Daniel’s son or daughter Maybe that would lift hisof Rochelle

"Do they have anything stronger than coffee here?" he asked

Xavier shrugged and took a sip from his coffee "Afraid not But as soon as the baby is here, we’ll go out to celebrate You’re colance his friend tossed him made him even more aware of the fact that he’d withdrawn over the last few days "Sure, why not?"

"Just saying" Xavier exchanged a look with Wade before adding, "Any news fro to hear from her" When he heard footsteps and voices behind hi to continue this conversation He pivoted and saw Paul arrive with his very pregnant wife, Holly "Well, well, look who’s here!"

Holly laughed, glowing "I can’t let h childbirth withoutto take the heavy burden of her pregnant belly off her "Hey, guys" He motioned to a chair "Don’t you want to sit down, baby?"

Holly made a motion of refusal "I’d rather see if they’ll letshe left my name with the nurse so they’d let me in"

She kissed Paul and waddled to the nurse’s station, where a nurse was sorting through a stack of files Zach noticed how lovingly Paul looked at Holly and how his other friends watched her, too Her blond locks reached almost to her behind and even in the sixth or seventh ure, which her husband seeh of

Da soMaybe it had been a bad idea to coet drunk Not his local bar though, since everything there reminded hiratulations on convincing the SEC that you’re innocent"

Zach forced a sed it without everybody’s help" He nodded at theuys"

"You can pay for the drinks tonight," Hunter agreed "I’hed, all except for Xavier His taciturn friend only looked at him intensely When Paul joined the others, Zach walked to the vending ot a--probably awful--black coffee He didn’t have to look over his shoulder to knoho’d joined hi to talk about" He put so to Xavier