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“She’s warning you, not me,” I told Kyle

“Like you’re going to hurt me”

“You’ve been here two seconds Just you wait”

Sure enough, when things really got going I caught hiht have pierced an eardrum or two

I had no idea how long this went on, but after one particularly grueling “push”—really, that didn’t even begin to describe the hted sound and then suddenly I heard a wail to match mine and there he was

Kid Bax

“Holy shit” I stared at him, a bloody mess but mine nonetheless

“I think I’ to be sick”

I spared a glance at Kyle, who’d turned a bit green around the gills at the sight of the newborn

“He actually is big,” I said to Dr Preston and Macy

“With all ten fingers and toes intact,” s fro” She loo

ked pleased and that relaxed h

He rip, Ari”

“Suck it up” I closed my eyes, in desperate need of some rest

“I’ him back in a little while”