Page 102 of On Thin Ice

Almost here.

Now I just needed Dom to show up in time.

DOM

“Two nights off. Grabbing a beer tonight?” Micah asked as the plane touched down.

“I’m up for it,” Sin said.

“Oh shit, Dom.”

I looked over at Tally as his gaze darted between me and his phone.

“What?”

“Ally’s in labor,” he said.

“What?” I fumbled with my phone, almost dropping it, then took it out of airplane mode.

“Holy shit. That wasn’t supposed to be happening yet, right?” Sin asked.

“It’ll be fine. She text you?” Micah asked me.

I had a string of texts that I quickly scanned through. Nothing newer than two hours ago.

“She called Cora, and Joy was at our condo, so they both took Ally to the hospital,” Tally explained.

My emotions were all over the place, but I was grateful that she’d called them. Joy was an ER resident. She’d know exactly what to do to keep Ally calm.

I tapped on Ally’s name.

Dom: Are you okay? How’s it going? We just landed. I’ll get to the hospital as soon as they let us off the plane.

Dom: Do you need anything?

Dom: You’re going to be so amazing, Ally.

Dom: Fuck. I

I paused, then deleted the message. I’d almost said I love you. The feeling had just hit me, but now was not the time to say that for the first time. Fucking hell.

Dom: I’ll be there soon. You’ve got this, Ally. I know you probably aren’t looking at your phone right now.

Tally looked up from his phone. “I just texted Cora that we landed and you’ll be there as soon as possible.”

Taking in a deep breath, I gave him a nod. “Thanks, man.”

Sin let out a low whistle. “You’re going to be a father.”

“Now is not the time for some dick comment, Sin,” Micah warned.

“Hey, I wasn’t going to joke. This is serious business,” Sin said.

“I don’t know how I feel about you not trying to take the piss out of me,” I said with a chuckle.

Sin grinned. “All right. I hope you don’t get there and pass out when the baby arrives. Big, strong hockey player gets queasy in delivery room,” he continued.

“Please. Of any of us, you’re passing out first,” I fired back, needing his nonsense so I didn’t go insane because I couldn’t get to Ally right this minute.

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