“Is everything okay?” Ramirez asked, his voice amazingly calm compared to the mental breakdown I was silently having on the table.
“Well…” the technician frowned at the monitor again. “I don’t know how no one has caught this yet. But I have some news for you.”
I clenched my fists. I bit my lip. I steeled myself for the worst.
“News?” Ramirez asked, a hint of concern lacing his voice now, too.
And just when I was about to burst from fear (not to mention serious need to pee), the technician’s concern smoothed out into a smile. “You’re having a girl.”
I let out a long breath, deflating my belly at least two inches in the process as visions of pink, frilly tutus, soft pink onesies, and teeny tiny pink shoes filled my brain.
“What was the ‘oh my goodness’ part?” Ramirez asked, ever the interrogator.
The technician looked from me to my husband, smiling even wider. “You’re going to have a girl and a boy. It’s twins!”
Oh boy.
About the author
Gemma Halliday is the author of the High Heels Mysteries, the Hollywood Headlines Mysteries, and the Deadly Cool series of young adult books. Gemma’s books have received numerous awards, including a Golden Heart, a National Reader’s Choice award and three RITA nominations. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she is hard at work on several new projects.
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