Page 98 of Treasure and Tarot

“I know.”

He looked at Law as they left. “Really? This had to happen today.”

“It’ll be a great story later. Don’t stress it. Colton’s got this. He’s got Gent, Mason, too. You’ve got us, not to mention Xavi and Xander will be there as soon as they can. You know that.”

He chuckled softly. “I guess it does take a village.”

“It totally does.”

“You should have your camera,” Sebastian told him.

“Nah. I mean, I would love to record any ghost stuff, sure, but you’re about to have a baby. I don’t want to make it weird.”

Sebastian laughed with him. “I did mean for the ghost stuff. They were pushing Colton’s parents out the door. Boom. He’d force his way in. The ghosts would push him out.”

“Wait. He actually trespassed the house?” Law scowled. “We need to call the cops.”

“Only if they come back,” Sebastian said. “I don’t want to deal with that and have it delay us getting to the birth center because the sheriff wanted a statement. It can take him an hour to get here.”

“Fair point. Did you need to sit down?”

“Please.” He could hear raised voices, Gent and Colton shouting down the parents, and he closed his eyes. God, he hated this.

“Come on.” Law took him to the powder room instead, helping him get out of his wet things, and then Iago was back, getting him into his clean pants and a soft summer shirt.

“That’s a pretty color, Daddy,” Abby told him.

“Thanks, baby.”

Mason came when he was back in the front room. “It’ll just be a moment, Sebastian. Then we’ll be on our way to the birthing center.”

“I have a bag and clean clothes now,” he said with a shrug. He sat, and immediately he felt a hug around his shoulders, like someone had put an arm around him.

One of the ghosts was comforting him.

“There’s a very pretty man next to you, Daddy.”

“Is there? Can you see him?”

“Uh-huh. He’s got on a white dress.”

Ah, the nightshirt that Jeremiah was wearing. “He’s a good man. He loves us, I think.”

He was a great-great-great-something grandson, after all.

“He seems nice.” She shrugged, so matter of fact.

The front door banged open. “Sebastian? Are you okay?” Colton stormed in like a hurricane.

“Are they gone?” He nodded. He was, basically, fine. “My water broke, Papa.”

“Daddy peed his pants!”

Iago snorted.

“They’re gone. Gent will make sure. He’s following them back to the airport in Montrose. Are you ready to go into Secret Springs?” Those violet-gray eyes studied him intently.

“Is she…” Safe? Is Abby safe? He needed to know that Abby was going to be okay before they went to have Danielle.

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