Page 42 of The Last Ultimatum: Part 2

“Called in a lot of favors for this one, huh?” Elliot asked.

“Yup and I have more lined up if needed. I’m willing to follow your leads, but I’m not sitting on this and waiting. Theauction will be ending soon. Typically, they would pack up and move on at that point. Now I don’t see how that’s possible, but I’m also not willing to lose my mate or my parents over this.”

“Understood,” Woody said. “So let’s make a plan.”

It took another half hour just to agree on who would be in charge. No one understood where the hell Patrick was in all of this, but the deeper we got into planning, the more it became evident that they wanted his approval first.

Finally, I just picked up a phone and called him.

“Patrick O’Connell. This better be urgent because if this is a fecking spam call right now, I will hunt you down and kill you.”

“Uh, hi. This is Lachlan.”

“Bloody hell. What is it?”

“We’re plotting a mission and could use your help.”

“Too bad. Do it yourselves. No, not you, love. Keep pushing.”

I heard her scream through a contraction.

“Oh shit. Elise is having the baby like right now?”

“Yes!”

“Why the hell did you answer the phone then?”

“I can’t handle this fecking bullshit right now. Oh my God, I see the head. Elise, baby, I see the head.”

“Come on daddy, you may need to take a seat. Birthing isn’t for the faint of heart.”

I snorted.

“Is Elise really having the baby?” Taylor asked.

“Yeah. She’s crowing. Patrick nearly passed out.”

“Hey, that’s not funny,” Baine said. “It’s a bit traumatizing seeing a human head the size of a watermelon coming out of your mate’s private section.”

“Well, what is it?” Grant asked.

“How the hell do I know? We aren’t on video.”

“Is he still on the line?”

“Yeah.”

I listened in more closely while also feeling guilty for intruding on the moment.

“Come on Elise. Give me one more good push,” I heard the midwife, Lucy, say. “That’s it. She’s here. You have a beautiful baby girl. Patrick, do you want to cut the cord?”

There was a loud crash.

“I guess not. Micah, get in here. Patrick just fainted.”

“Oh shit.” I quickly hung up the phone.

“Do you know what it is?” Taylor asked.

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