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‘I’ me why you’ve called, but it doesn’t matter because I’m already on my way and I’ll be with you in twenty minutes’

‘No rush,’ shethat he would rush And in under fifteenof her doorbell

‘Telldown at her pale face and the brave smile she had pinned on it Fear tore inside him ‘Okay, tell me on the way to the hospital’

‘There’s no need’

‘I’ll co you packed Come on’

He was at his finest Strong, cal exactly what to do She felt safe

‘Talk tohe said once they were both in the car

For the first tiht her so in the country and s—maybe even next to a hospital

‘I Just a bit of pain,’ she said faintly ‘My stomach’

‘Contractions? Like Braxton Hicks?’

‘Sorry?’

‘I thought it io told her gruffly

She stared at his fierce averted profile in amazement

‘It’s not that big a deal,’ he asserted, without glancing in her direction ‘I like to knohat I’ with’

‘I don’t knohat it is, Sergio,’ she whispered, ‘but it just doesn’t feel right’

‘Don’t talk,’ he urged in a low voice ‘Try and breathe evenly The last thing you want to do is hyperventilate because you’re panicked I’ to be unduly concerned about’

‘They hate you doing this’

‘What are you talking about?’