Page 66 of Renewal After Dark

“Pray?”

“Already doing that, honey. Keep me posted?”

“I will. I’m running home now to get some clothes for both of us and then going right back to fly over with her.”

“We love you both, and we’ll take very good care of your sweet little boy. Don’t worry about a thing. He’s having a great time with his cousins.”

“Glad to hear it. We’ll call him later, so he doesn’t worry about us.”

“That’d be great. Are you all right, Adam?”

“As long as she and the babies are, I am, too. I’ll check in as soon as I can.”

“We’ll be here.”

“Love you, Mom.”

“Love you, too. Please give Abby all our love.”

“I will.”

After ending the call, Adam used his sleeve to wipe away tears as he rounded the last corner before his driveway. He ran into the house and up the stairs to grab a bag that he filled with essentials for both of them, including toothbrushes, his laptop so he could attempt to do some work and the maternity clothes Abby had been living in lately. Whatever else they needed he’d get on the mainland.

He was on the way back to the clinic three minutes after he entered the house.

As he drove, he thought about the shock of learning they’d conceived quads naturally after being told that Abby’s chances of conceiving at all were low due to the PCOS.

That they could lose their miracle babies was impossible to fathom.

He’d set his heart on those four little boys, and Abby had gone through so much to get past the halfway point of her pregnancy. It couldn’t end like this.

It just couldn’t.

She’d never survive it.They’dnever survive it.

Adam had to get himself together so he could be strong for her.

“Whatever she needs. That’s all that matters.”

He pulled into the parking lot of the clinic as the helicopter appeared overhead. The last time he’d seen that chopper had been when Maddie went into labor with the twins during Mallory’s wedding.

This time, his wife and babies were the ones in trouble.

Panic threatened to consume him as he ran inside before the helicopter touched down in the parking lot. He was relieved to find Abby right where he’d left her. Big brown eyes gazed at him with the same fear he felt. “Ready to go for a ride, honey?”

“As ready as I’ll ever be. Did you talk to your mom?”

“Yes, and she’s happy to have Liam for as long as we need her and Dad to watch him.”

“It feels so wrong to leave him here.”

“He’ll be fine. Mom said he’s having a great time with the kids. She said not to worry about anything.”

The Life Flight crew came into the clinic to collect Abby, who was transported on a rolling gurney along with the IV that Victoria had started.

David and Vic consulted with the chief EMT while the others got Abby settled inside the helicopter.

“You can sit right there,” one of them said to Adam.

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