A Baby for the Flying Doctor (18 page)
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Authors: Lucy Clark
‘Hey,’ Melissa protested. ‘You’re supposed to wait until midnight actually strikes before the kissing starts.’
‘You can talk,’ Dex teased his big sister as he tickled Anya’s tummy. ‘Last year, you and Joss almost couldn’t wait to lip-lock.’
Joss grinned at Melissa. ‘Our first kiss and now—a year later—look where we all are.’ He placed a hand protectively on his wife’s belly, caressing the baby within.
‘It’s been quite a year,’ Gil agreed, smiling at his Euphemia. He’d never thought he’d ever be this happy again and yet every day, his love grew for the woman at his side. He loved outback life, loved the vast, remoteness of it all and couldn’t wait to fill their home with the children they both yearned for. Soon. It would all be happening soon.
‘When will the fireworks and stuff start, Phemie?’ Anthony asked and Phemie giggled as the ten second countdown began. Soon, she would tell her husband the good news, the most amazing news. When Melissa had confirmed Phemie’s own suspicions, she hadn’t believed it.
‘Would you like me to do an amniocentesis to check for Down’s?’ Melissa had asked and Phemie had declined the offer. Gil had been right all those months ago. Together, with him by her side, she could do anything. She would make the most wonderful mother and he would be the most incredible father.
‘Keep watching the sky,’ she told her brother. ‘It will light up your life.’ She, however, wasn’t watching the sky. Instead, she was looking as intently into Gil’s eyes as he was into her own.
‘You light up my life,’ she murmured.
‘Ditto,’ he replied and kissed her passionately as the fireworks cracked and sparkled above them.
‘By the way,’ she murmured against his lips with utter happiness filling her heart. ‘I’m pregnant and I’ve never been happier in my life.’
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First published in Great Britain 2010
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© Anne and Peter Clark 2010
ISBN: 978-1-408-91795-4