Mending Hope (Contemporary Western Romance) (License to Love Series:Book 2) (11 page)

“Babies?”  Woody repeated with an obvious shocked expression on his face.

“Yes.  There are two eggs which have successfully implanted themselves,” the doctor assured him, handing over an ultrasound that showed two small white dots.  “Since Alyssa has an irregular cycle, we calculated her gestation based on other information.”  The doctor’s voice had lowered on this last part, and Woody realized that even though they were in their own section of the waiting room, they were still within earshot of the other patrons, but he didn’t care.

“And what does that mean?”

“Traditionally we would count back to the date of the last menstrual period but here we are using the believed conception date combined with the ultrasound to estimate that she is what we would consider six weeks along, even though it has only been four weeks since the eggs were fertilized.”

“So I have less than nine months before I’m going to be a daddy?” he asked.

“Yes, and given the fact that Alyssa is carrying twins I think that is a short estimate.  Most twin gestations do not last the full nine months.  These next few months are going to be important and she’ll need to be seen regularly by an obstetrician.”

“Is there any danger in traveling in the next few weeks?” Woody asked.

“As long as you take regular breaks so she can stretch her legs and go to the bathroom, I don’t see any problem with it,” the doctor stated.  “I would just strongly recommend making an appointment within the next month.”

“Sure thing!” Woody exclaimed before turning around and grabbing Alyssa under her arms and twirling her around in the waiting room.  When he kissed her, a round of applause shot up from the others who were there waiting. 

Alyssa blushed and gave them a small wave before heading out with Woody to the parking lot.  Once they were safely in the car, Woody headed north, away from Stanhope. 

“Where are we going?” Alyssa asked when she realized they weren’t headed back to town. 

“Wherever we want,” Woody answered.  “Melinda helped me make arrangements, and my friends at the bank made sure that the account was completely untraceable.  I plan on keeping you out of Stanhope until Sanders is safely captured and locked back up.  Hopefully they’ll catch him within the next couple of days and we can go home to start getting the house ready.  Until then, I figure the road is ours.”

“Anywhere you have in mind?” she asked as she smiled at him and patted her stomach, still unable to believe that she was pregnant with twins.

“I thought that we might start taking in some of the sights around the country.  Does that sound good to you?”

“Anything sounds good to me as long as we’re together,” she told him as she smiled, placing her hand over his and leaning back into the seat before closing her eyes.  A few moments later her breathing was a lot heavier, and Woody knew that she was sleeping peacefully.

“I agree,” he whispered.  

THE END

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