“You okay?” he asked, noting the pale cheeks, the near hysteria in her eyes.
Biting her lower lip, she shook her head. “I’m so sorry,” she apologized.
“Sorry?” he asked, confused. “For what?”
“For upstaging your wedding. It seems I’m about to have a baby.”
Wade stared at her. “Now? You’re having the baby now?”
“Afraid so. Could you find Ford?”
“Absolutely, and I’ll get Lauren right over here, too. I think she’s inside.”
Within an hour, the entire wedding party had moved to the hospital waiting room to the bemusement of the other waiting families.
Lauren sat by his side, her hand tucked in his. “Isn’t it wonderful?” she said. “Emma’s having her baby on our wedding day. I was so afraid we’d upstage her and now she’s gone and done it to us.”
“If you ask me, we should have predicted it,” he teased.
“Why?”
“You are the Calamity Janes, aren’t you? Isn’t this just the kind of thing you do?”
A grin spread across her face. “You know, it is. And the most amazing thing is that you married me, anyway.”
“Oh, darlin’, it’s a part of your charm. I wouldn’t have you any other way. I imagine Rafe, Grady, Cole and Ford feel exactly the same way.”
“Amen to that,” Cole said, reaching for Cassie and drawing her into his lap just as Rafe slipped his arms around Gina and Grady kissed Karen.
Just then Ford emerged from the delivery room. “It’s a boy,” he announced, looking dazed.
“A boy,” Caitlyn said, looking disgusted. “I wanted a sister.”
“I think having another boy around will be cool,” Jake said. “With Aunt Karen’s baby and my brother and now this one, there are more of us. Maybe we can grow up together and be just like you guys.” He glanced at his mother. “We’ll be the Calamity Johns.”
“Absolutely not,” Cassie told him. “This group is one of a kind.”
Wade watched as she, Lauren, Gina and Karen gravitated together for a fierce hug. He glanced over at Cole and the other men.
“That group is one of a kind, no doubt about it,” he said.
“No doubt at all,” they agreed.
Rafe’s grin spread. “And we’re the lucky sons of guns who caught ’em.”
Wade shook his head. “Sorry, pal. I’m a hundred percent certain it was the other way around. We never had a chance.”
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WRANGLING THE REDHEAD
Copyright © 2001 by Sherryl Woods
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*Vows
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‡And Baby Makes Three
‡And Baby Makes Three
‡And Baby Makes Three
‡And Baby Makes Three
**The Bridal Path
**The Bridal Path
**The Bridal Path
††And Baby Makes Three: The Next Generation
††And Baby Makes Three: The Next Generation
††And Baby Makes Three: The Next Generation
††And Baby Makes Three: The Next Generation
††And Baby Makes Three: The Next Generation
††And Baby Makes Three: The Next Generation
††And Baby Makes Three: The Next Generation
◊And Baby Makes Three: The Delacourts of Texas
◊And Baby Makes Three: The Delacourts of Texas
◊And Baby Makes Three: The Delacourts of Texas
◊And Baby Makes Three: The Delacourts of Texas
◊And Baby Makes Three: The Delacourts of Texas
§The Calamity Janes
§The Calamity Janes
§The Calamity Janes
§The Calamity Janes
††And Baby Makes Three: The Next Generation
§The Calamity Janes
