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“He made it then?”
“Yeah, I’m pretty sure he broke every speed limit in town to get here.”
“Well, that’s good.” I pace for a second. “So, I guess we wait?”
“Yeah, unlike with you we knew how long it would take. With your sister, she could be hours,” Mom says.
“That would suck.”
I turn at the sound of my name and find Noah coming toward us. When he reaches us, I give him the update and ask him about the three.
“My parents are there. Everything will be okay. Besides . . .” He holds his phone up, showing me the video app of the kids’ rooms. “We can spy on them.”
Noah and I sit. My parents pace. It makes me wonder if they did the same while I was in here weeks ago or if they sat and watched television. Knowing my mother, she paced and the hospital has probably replaced the tiles already.
An hour goes by.
And then another.
I go to the window and look at the darkened sky and see that it’s snowing. Christmas is in two days, and I don’t know, there’s something magical in the air.
“Ben.”
My dad’s voice has me moving from the window to the front of the waiting room.
Ben’s smiling. “Elle’s fantastic. She gave birth a little over an hour ago and we just needed some time to gather ourselves as a family before I came out to get you.”
“Is my daughter, okay?”
Ben’s smile widens. “She’s damn perfect.”
Noah pats Ben on the shoulder. “It’s a whole other feeling, isn’t it?”
Ben tries to hide the tears in his eyes but can’t. “I love my wife, but damn, I’ve never felt my heart soar like this before. It’s a whole other level.”
“Not to be an ass,” I say. “But can we go in? I need to see my sister.”
“Oh, yes. Sorry.” Ben leads us in and while I know what to expect, my parents and Noah don’t.
“Oh, shit,” Noah says when he sees Elle.
“Elle! Oh my God, twins?” Mom screeches as Elle beams. Elle’s in her bed, holding a baby in each arm. Mom then looks at me. “You knew?”
I nod. “I keep my sister’s secrets,” I say with a shrug.
“Why didn’t you tell us?” Dad asks.
“Honestly, once we found out Peyton was having triplets, Ben and I wanted to keep this to ourselves. I’m surprised no one figured it out with how big I was.”
“Well, I was huge, so they probably thought you were normal.” I step closer to inspect the babies. “Are you going to tell us their names?”
Elle looks down at the baby in her right arm. “This little guy is the oldest by eight minutes,” she tells us. “Everyone, I’d like for you to meet Mason Jett Miller. We’re going to call him Jett.”
Our mom gasps and covers her mouth, while our dad fist pumps. “Jett is a kick ass drummer name.”
“And this little guy—” Ben is interrupted when the door to Elle’s room bursts open.
We all turn to find Quinn standing there, with wet hair and breathing heavily. “Liam called and said . . .” he comes closer and halts when his eyes land on Elle. “I missed it?”
