Page 75 of Totally Shipped

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“One more, one more.”

One more? You do one more, you do it…shit…

“AHHHHHH! I scream and scream and scream, I can’t stop screaming. And in amongst my screams, I hear shouts, and feel movement, more shouts.

Then nothing.

REX

How life changes in just a couple of seconds.

One second we are sailing across the ocean and I’m grumbling about celebrities. One second we are fighting a fire, and I’m feeling good about our team work.

Daisy is still unconscious. Leander has the baby cradled in his tee-shirt. Poor baby, the first thing it has on its body is Lea’s tattered sex instructor shirt. Keyara and I are propping Daisy up, I’m trying to moisten her lips with water while Key strokes her forehead.

Killian is between Daisy’s legs. Who the fuck knows what’s going on down there.

And Gray? Gray ran outside. He’s freaked out, but I can’t help him right now.

The baby mewls quietly. “You hear that?” asks Key, her eyes shining.

“I did, noodle. I did.”

So did Mama Daisy. That coo was all it took to bring Daisy back to us.

“Hey,” she croaks. “Did I? Did we?” Her eyes are half-closed and bleary. Leander kneels with his bundle.

“Princess, look what I have here…”

Tears are pouring down Leander’s face, and Daisy’s face.

“Uncle Rex, you’re crying.”

And my face apparently.

One second we are a family of six people trying to survive on a deserted island.

And then the next second, we become a family of seven.

Killian sits up, a grin on his face. “Nice work, love. You passed the placenta when you were out of it!”

That’s good right? It seems to be by the look on Killian’s face.

Daisy isn’t listening. All her focus is on what is in Leander’s arms. So tenderly, Leander lowers the bundle to Daisy. It immediately starts to snuffle and root around for her breast.

It?

“Is it…”

“She’s a girl,” Leander grins. “Now we have three princesses. It’s perfect.”

A girl.

“A cousin, Keyara. A little girl cousin.” I squeeze her hand but she doesn’t return the gesture. Looking down I see her scowling.

Uh-oh. I hadn’t anticipated this.

“Key?”

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