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"Okay, get ready"
Jenny moved beside her with a towel and a basin Sara drew the baby through the incision, sliding her hand beneath its head as it e her thumb and pinkie beneath its shoulders Her arirl Oneher in the towel, Jenny suctioned her mouth and nose, rolled her onto her stoan to breathe Sara clamped the umbilicus, snipped it with a pair of shears, drew out the placenta, and dropped it into the basin While Jenny put the baby in the warmer and checked her vitals, Sara sutured the woman’s incisions Minimal blood, no complications, a healthy baby: not bad for ten minutes’ work
Sara drew the mask off the woman’s face "She’s here," she whispered into her ear "Everything’s fine She’s a healthy baby girl"
Her husband and sons aiting outside Sara gave everyone a un to come around, then lifted the baby from the warmer to hold her Each of the sons took a turn
"Do you have a na with tears Sara liked him for this; not all the fathers were so sentimental Some seehter heeled down the hall The man sent his boys away, then reached into the pocket of his jumpsuit and nervously handed Sara the piece of paper she was expecting Couples ere going to have a third baby were allowed to purchase the right to do so froal allot to her, buying and selling the rights to eries, purchased on the trade
She exaovernment-issue stock, but the ink wasn’t even close to the correct color, and the seal had been e side
"Whoever sold you this, you should get your money back"
Carlos’s face collapsed "Please, I’h to pay the tax It was totally ht day"
"Good of you to ad you, Dr Wilson Don’t ood boys, you can see that"
Sara had no intention of sending baby Grace to the orphanage On the other hand, the man’s certificate was so palpably false that so it
"Do us both a favor and get rid of this I’ll record the birth, and if the paperwork bounces back, I’llWith any luck, it’ll get misplaced in the shuffle"
Carlos made no move to accept the certificate; he see him She had no doubt that he had mentally rehearsed this moined that soo away