Page 122 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“Come here,” he said, pulling her into his arms. “Are you as happy as me?”

“I think more,” she said. “I’ve been so nervous.”

“Nervous instead of excited?” he asked.

“Yes,” she said.

“Why haven’t you said anything?” he asked.

“Because I know you were too and we both didn’t need to get the other worked up.”

“Guilty,” he said. “But we could have comforted the other.”

“It wouldn’t have mattered,” she said. “Or I think it wouldn’t have helped. I needed to see all of this to feel better. I can’t wait to call my mother.”

“We said when we got to the car we were doing it together,” he said.

“We will,” she said. “Let’s go wait for my appointment with the doctor now. You’ll get to hear the baby’s heart in there too.”

When they left the office thirty minutes later, they got in the car and both called their mothers to share the news. She sent Spencer a text, knowing he wasn’t always around to answer, while Coy texted his brothers.

“Well,” he said. “What are the names you’re thinking?”

“You go first,” she said.

He pulled his paper out. She did the same.

He handed over his. “I wrote down two names.”

“I’ve got three,” she said. “Let’s open them together. One, two, three.” She looked down and saw his second name was her first name.

“Holy shit,” he said. “Seriously? We both were thinking the same thing.”

“Close enough,” she said. “To me that is it. No need to talk about it more. I don’t like the first name on your list anyway. Sorry.”

“That’s fine,” he said, “because to me they were about equal in my mind.”

“I guess Zachery, it is,” she said.

“Zachery Spencer,” he said. “We can’t let your brother down.”

“No,” she said. “We can’t.”

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PLAY A PART IN IT

“Is it true?” Maria asked, coming into their office two days later.

“Is what true?” he asked, frowning. Angel was at her desk typing and looked up. Patients would be arriving soon if they weren’t in the office yet.

Maria walked in and shut the door. “That you’re having a baby?”

“I’m not having a baby,” Coy said smartly.

He looked at Angel who had snorted at him.

“Is yourwifehaving a baby?” Maria asked all but jumping in place. Her excitement was contagious.

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