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"You bet," she said

Jack took his coffee cup with him back to the bedroom and pulled the rocker next to the bed

Mel looked a little pale to him The second baby was supposed to be easier and she sure came faster, but this one had been hard on her Mel eak and shaky when she roused to nurse during the night In the cradle beside the bed, E to need to be fed, but his asn’t stirring yet He wanted to pick up the baby, but it was better if Mel heard her--that snuffling fro to him the way a wo like the baby’s cry could cause the milk to let down and drip like a faucet

He reached out a hand to touch his wife’s brow and found her clammy "Mel," he said softly Maybe there were too many blankets on her

Emma made her demands known a little louder, but Mel still didn’t stir "Mel," he saidher shoulder a little shake She didn’t wake "Mel," he said Nothing

Jack felt sout like a punch He pulled back the covers and under his as a large, spreading pool of blood

"Brie!" he screamed "God! Brie!"

He picked up the phone and called John at hoh Brie was in the doorith David on her hip She saw the blood, her sister-in-law motionless, and she ran to put David into the safety of his crib

Susan Stone answered the phone

"Susan, Mel’s he her uterus, like you saw John doing after delivery Press down from the top, cup your other hand just above the pubic bone to support the uterus Stay withdown the phone, he heard her pick up the other line and in just seconds she was asking for eive me your coordinates"

A man who’d built his own house knew every detail, and he rattled off his latitude and longitude Phone cradled between his ear and shoulder, he said, "Help ! What can I do?"

But she was repeating the location infor to some questions A moment later she was back on the line with Jack "We’re so daency and was airlifted to Redding a couple of hours ago--the helicopter is nearby, en route back to Eureka, and they’re diverting to you Jack, are you ?"

"Yeah, but…"