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“A girl,” he breathes, his brows pulling together as he stares at the screen. “Wow.”
“If you’d like to know the sex of the babies, then I can tell you. It’s a little early to see much on the monitor. But the DNA tests showed their sex at your first appointment with me. I can tell you about both babies if you want to know.”
Dr. Melinda’s eyes meet mine over the top of Drew’s head. He’s still glued to the two gray masses on the screen with their little pulsing patch in each center.Our babies’ hearts.I know what she’s saying. She can tell us right now the sex of both babies. And which one is Drew’s. And which one is Henry’s.
“We can find out their sex if you want to. I don’t mind if you want a surprise, though,” he says, looking at me quickly before his eyes return to the screen again. He pulls out his phone and starts recording the heartbeat.
I wait for him to finish recording.
“I think Dr. Melinda means that we can find out which baby matched you in the paternity test results,” I say.
His brow creases. “Why would we need to know that?”
“I’ll come back and check on you later.” Dr Melinda wipes the gel from my stomach and adjusts the bed so I can sit up again. Then she leaves.
Drew watches her go, thenturns back to me.
“They’re our babies, Sophie. Both of them. You think I’ll love one more than the other because of a number on a piece of paper when we’ve watched you grow them both inside you?” He shakes his head and curls both of his hands around mine. “If you need to know, then we can find out. But it won’t make a damn bit of difference to me.”
I blink back my tears. “I know it won’t. You’re amazing, you know that?”
He brushes my hair back from my eyes. “I’ll take it. Beats you doling out restraining orders.”
I laugh as a stray tear breaks free. He brushes it away with his thumb.
“Youareamazing.” I smile at him. “We can—”
The door to the room flies open.
“Soph?”
My heart stalls in my chest as Henry races to the other side of my bed. Drew stiffens immediately. This is the first time he’s seen him since that night at the restaurant.
Henry’s eyes scan over my face. “Is the baby okay?”
The muscles in my fingers twitch as I take a calming breath and count to three. I don’t know whether he does it on purpose, but I don’t want him to see that he’s getting to me.
“The babies are fine,” Drew snaps.
Henry’s eyes zero in on Drew, briefly dropping to our entwined fingers before he gives a curt nod. “Good.”
“How did you know I was here?” I take in his black suit and tie. He must have come from work.
Drew clears his throat. “I called him.”
I whip my head to him, my voice pitching. “You called him?”
“You said with the blood that…” Drew looks at me, guilt making his eyes pinch before they slide over to his father. “I thought he should know if it was serious,” he says, his voice low.
I rest my head back against the pillow and look between the two men who are staring daggers at one another.
“Why was there blood?” Henry asks. “Did the doctor know?”
“She said it can happen. Sometimes it’s related to stress. But the babies are fine, and that’s what matters.” I rub at my temples.
“You’ve been overdoing it, working on that case, no doubt,” Henry snaps. “Putting the baby at risk.”
Drew’s on his feet in a flash leaning over the bed, his eyes murderous as he stares Henry down.
