“Hello?” She switched on the light as she picked up the receiver, frowning at the red numbers on the alarm clock. Three a.m. was no time for a call. “Who’s this?” “Kate Vange. Best friend and expectant mother.” Kate’s voice held a note of amusement as well as something else, something Gillian couldn’t identify. “Remember when I told you Junior was anxious to be born?” Gillian nodded, recalling the conversation they’d had only yesterday. “It seems I was right. I’m in labor.” The last vestiges of sleep fled from Gillian’s brain as she realized the element she could not identify in Kate’s voice was strain. “Labor? Really?” The fear Gillian had tried to control flooded through her. “You’re not due for another month.” History wouldn’t repeat itself, she told herself firmly. Kate and her baby would be fine. Oblivious to Gillian’s distress, Kate chuckled.
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