Page 61 of Eleven of a Kind

“Oh shit.” Simon laughed. “Who the hell are you? You don’t sleep in until ten.”

“He and Piper must have exhausted themselves last night.” Jackson grinned.

“What did Riley say, bro?” Grayson asked.

“Not much. I need to go buy a new bedroom door handle with a lock.”

“That’s the first thing I did when Lily started getting older,” Stefan said.

“I already had a lock on my bedroom door when Ella came to live with me. I highly suggest you go out tomorrow and buy one,” Nathan said.

We were in the middle of watching the game when Sam’s phone dinged.

“Oh shit! Julia’s in labor.”

“Go!” Simon said.

“Good luck, Sam.” I smiled. “We’ll meet you there.”

“Simon, call Mom and tell her,” Sam said as he flew out the sliding door.

“There’s a big TV in the labor and delivery waiting room,” Christian said. “We can finish watching the game there while we wait for the baby to be born.”

Jenni flew through the sliding door with the twins. “Let’s go, Shaun!”

“Already getting the diaper bag packed, babe.”

I climbed into my car and called Piper.

“Hello.”

“Hi, it’s me. Julia is in labor.”

“Oh my gosh, how exciting!” she said.

“We’re all heading to the hospital. When you pick Riley up from the pottery studio, can you bring her to Cedars?”

“You bet.”

“Thanks, Piper. We’ll be in the labor and delivery waiting room.”

“I’ll see you there, Gabriel.”

Luckily, no one else was in the waiting room with us, so we were able to finish watching the game.

“Hey, Dad.” Riley walked in with Piper.

“How was pottery?” I smiled.

“It was good. Did Julia have the baby yet?”

“Georgia is doing the c-section now, so he should be here soon.”

“This is so exciting. I want another baby, Charlotte,” Conner said as he held Isabella.

“Okay, Conner. You go ahead and impregnate another woman, and you can have one.” She patted his chest.

His brow furrowed as he stared at her. “I can’t believe you just said that.”

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