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Ava e roo s She had visited a few tiawk at the beauty of the ocean showcased to perfection by the tall s "Yeah, Declan said she would want to go to bed early, but I kinda thought it would be after dinner" Looking around the eone?"

Suzy nodded "Beth and her son Henry were the last ones other than Ella, and they left a few ree to stay As you can see, she’s perfectly at home here"

Ava smothered a s watched As she ondering whether to wake her or not, Ella suddenly jerked before ju from the couch faster than anyone with a belly her size should have been capable of Both Ava and Suzy stared at her in surprise Ella rubbed her back and started chanting, "No, no, no, oh God, no!"

"Els, what the hell?" Suzy asked, looking confused

"Maybe she’s talking in her sleep," Ava suggested, staring at her sister-in-law

"Oh, Suzy, I’m so sorry," Ella moaned "I must have peed on your couch"

At Ella’s words, Suzy and Ava looked to where Ella was pointing and a puddle of liquid was visible against the tan leather Ava had to give Suzy points for co, "Er--it’s okay I uess in this case"

Ella looked horrified and on the verge of tears before her expression froze It was startling to see soo blank in the blink of an eye; hell, it was rather alar her hand on the other woht?"

Then Ella said so that put the fear of God into Ava "II think Icontractions"

Suzy jumped forward as if shot from a cannon "Oh, fuck balls! Your water broke, didn’t it?"

Ella started laughing, causing both Ava and Suzy to panic "Stop!" Suzy shouted "My God, don’tto Ella’s belly, she added, "And try not to wiggle that thing--like at all"

"But shouldn’t she sit down or lie down?" Ava asked, not knohat to do next Suddenly, it hit her, and she pulled her phone frole will tell us what to do!"

"Screw that," Suzy said "We need nine-one-one I don’t know about you, but I’ve got no plans to pull a baby frouysguys!" Finally, Ella’s yelling got through the argu "You just need to take me to the hospital This is my first baby, so I’ll be in labor for hours Now soet my suitcase"

Suzy looked at Ava, clearly perplexed "Why is she so cal," Ava whispered back