The room went dead silent.

Everyone standing around was struck speechless by the sheer extravagance of it. A decent postpartum care package usually ran fifty to a hundred thousand dollars, and people bragged about that for months. But four hundred fifty thousand for six days in the hospital? That was a number that didn't fit inside a normal person's head.

After a long, stuned pause, Evangeline pulled herself together and managed a tight smile. "When I delivered, we ...