If she didn’t hurry, the sun would break over the horizon before they had Quinta safely delivered. She had to get this right if she wanted to see her grandparents. That run-in with the soldiers had made Mom really jumpy. She never would have agreed to Maggie’s suggestion that she go for help if there had been any other choice. While her mother instructed Barek and Eggie on how to move Quinta from the apartment to the wagon without spilling her from the soiled sheet, Maggie scooped up the limp baby and carried him from the squalid room. His diaper was wet and sour and his tiny body was speckled with the same red rash that had left brown scabs on Eggie’s face. Once the guys had Quinta settled in the cart, Maggie placed the baby in her arms. If her mother’s stomach buzzed with this same sense of satisfaction every time she helped someone, no wonder she didn’t mind the hours at the hospital. Helping people get well did feel rewarding. Maggie’s gaze cut to her mother. Earlier, her mother had been telling Metras how much she didn’t appreciate what Quinta had done.
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