Back in the hospital room, the atmosphere was still unsettled.

Both of them stayed quiet about what had happened in the examination room. Neither Scarlett nor Jeremy breathed a word of it.

Only Giny was perfectly happy.

No school, the whole hospital her personal playground — but she was a good kid about it. When Scarlett needed to rest, Ginny would tuck herself onto the sofa with a picture book, or lean over the edge of the bassinet and study her baby ...