After spitting out his pacifier, Noah asked, “Daddy?”
“Uh, oh, I shouldn’t have said that,” Megan muttered under her breath.
“My daddy?”
“He’s at the hospital with Mommy. We’ll take you there in the morning,” she replied.
That statement caused Noah’s lip to tremble. Before he could start crying, Pesh rose out of his chair. “Let’s go look at all the pretty party decorations.”
Megan smiled as she watched Pesh take Noah around the room. Her heart warmed at his thoughtfulness. She couldn’t believe there was ever a time when she fought her feelings for him. There wasn’t a better man in the whole world, and the fact that he loved her was a true miracle.
By the time Pesh returned, Noah had fallen asleep. He carefully sat back down beside her. “Here,” she suggested, taking off her glittering drape. She wrapped the fabric over Noah like a blanket.
“Did I mention how much I loved you in a sari?” Pesh questioned, with a wicked gleam in his eyes.
She glanced down to see the top had her boobs bulging out the front as well as the fact her stomach was now bared. “I’ll have to wear one more often for you.”
“I would love that.”
When her phone beeped, she reached across the table and grabbed it. “Oh my God!”
“What?” Pesh asked.
“That was Aidan. The baby is already here.”
“Considering it’s a second baby, it isn’t too surprising.”
“I need to tell my mom and aunts.”
He nodded. “Go ahead. We’re fine.”
Megan smiled at Noah sleeping soundly against Pesh’s chest. “Be right back.” She made her way over to her family’s table. “That was Aidan. Caroline was just born.”
A whoop went up around the table. “Is Emma okay?” Becky asked.
Megan nodded. “He said mother and baby are doing great.”
Julia shook her head and smiled. “Aidan with a daughter—now that’s going to be something to see.”
They all laughed. “That’s so true,” Megan said.
Becky glanced at the group. “Why don’t we go see them? I mean, the hospital isn’t too far from here.”
Angie nodded. “Sounds good to me. I’d personally like to see Aidan in action with his baby girl.”
With a snort, Megan added, “I would have liked to have been in the delivery room when she was first born. His expression then would have been priceless.”
“I bet he cried,” Liz said.
“Oh yeah, he bawled for sure,” Angie replied, with a grin.
As her aunts started gathering up their purses and telling their husbands where they were going, Megan said, “I want to go too.” Before they could argue, she held up her hand. “It’s late. The party is pretty much over, and there’s two more next week at some of Pesh’s relatives’ houses. Besides, I want to see the newest Fitzgerald baby girl.”
Her mother frowned. “Are you sure?”
“I’m positive.”
“All right. Go tell Pesh, and we’ll meet you out front.”
She smiled as she went back to their table. “My mom and aunts are going to the hospital to see Aidan and Emma.”
“You want to go?”
Her heart warmed at the fact that he already knew what she was feeling. “Do you mind?”
He shook his head. “Of course not. Can I go too or is this just a hen party thing for the women?”
She laughed. “Yes, you can come.”
Pesh glanced down at Noah. “He’s going to want to see his mother.”
“Oh yes. I don’t think we could go without him.”
As Pesh rose out of the chair, Noah stirred but didn’t wake up. “Get Aidan and Emma’s keys out of my pocket.”
She nodded and reached into his pants. When she accidentally touched his penis through the fabric, he jumped. “Sorry about that,” she replied, as she pulled out the keys.
“No problem,” he muttered through gritted teeth.
They said a quick goodnight to Pesh’s parents and other relatives who remained. Then they headed out to the lobby. After giving the valet Aidan’s keys, they waited for the SUV to be brought around. When she caught her reflection in the glass doors of the hotel, she gasped.
“What’s wrong?” Pesh inquired.
“The jewelry! I can’t go loaded down with this expensive stuff to the hospital!” she cried. She snatched off the earrings and then started working on the necklace. “I’ll run go give it to your mother.”
“If you insist,” Pesh replied.
She kicked off her heels so she could run easier. The necklace and earrings weighed down her hands. She grabbed the first member of Pesh’s immediate family she saw, which unfortunately happened to be Dev. “Can you get these to your mother? I’ve got to get to the hospital.”
His dark eyes widened as he took the jewelry from her. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. A cousin’s baby was just born. Don’t let anything happen to that, okay?”
Dev chuckled. “Yeah, I’ll be unloading this pronto. The last thing I need is for my ass to be the one to lose the family jewels.” With a wink, he added, “They’d be taking my family jewels.”
Megan laughed and then gave him a wave before running off. When she got back outside, Aidan and Emma’s SUV had just pulled around. Noah began to squirm in Pesh’s arms. “Guess where we’re going?” Pesh said, before he could start crying.
“Mama?”
Pesh smiled. “Yes, we’re taking you to your mama and daddy and new baby sister.”
Noah’s face lit up at the prospect, and he happily let them buckle him into his car seat. Following her mother’s car, they made the drive in almost a caravan of relatives. When they got to the hospital, Pesh pulled up to let her out. “I’ll go park and bring him in.”
“Okay. I’ll see you guys up there.”
When she got up to the maternity floor, there was a quite a group waiting for her, including Emma’s best friend, Connor.
“Did Casey not feel like coming tonight?” Megan asked, as she hugged him. Casey was just a few weeks shy of her own due date with a little girl.
He chuckled. “Oh, she’s here all right. She’s just in labor herself. It seems like Caroline and Olivia are going to be true best friends by being born almost the same day.”