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"Hey!" Mel objected "Excuse ot a funny, drea her out Letthis wasn’t what he wanted and suddenly it was all he wanted He’d pulled the last one right out of her body and he felt as if he’d gone to heaven, it was such a trip He gloved up real fast "There won’t be anyone for Mel’s back," he said
"I’ll take her back, and I’ll coach you," John offered "But you’re okay, you knohat to do Go for it,hiht at the foot of the bed, and waited through a few more contractions, and then she delivered the baby’s head Without even being told, he checked around the neck for the cord John left Mel for a second to look over his shoulder to be sure Then Jack supported the baby’s head with a large hand and John told Mel to give them a little push The baby ca
Jack held another life he’d produced in his hands No one should be this lucky, he thought No man on earth should have all this
John spread the baby towel over Mel’s belly and Jack placed the baby there and began to dry her off so he could wrap her in a clean, dry blanket He clamped and cut the cord
"Okay, I’ll take care of the placenta," John said "You get that little girl to her mother, then to the breast"
Now Jack was on terra firma--he’d done this before He wrapped her, ot down on his knees to watch as his baby daughter nuzzled against Mel’s warm flesh for a little while, then rooted and finally latched onto the breast, suckling "Aaah," he said, sloves and ran a couple of fingers along Mel’s cheek, then over the baby’s head She turned her watering eyes up to his face "You’re getting pretty good at this," she said in a hisper
"I aeous She’s going to look like you" He leaned over the baby to put his lips against hers He htly "God, I love you"
"She’s sood size," Jack said, as if he knew "God, she’s gorgeous"
"Jack?"
"Yeah, baby?"
"You do this to me one more time without my permission, you’re a dead man"
"Sure, honey I’ll be careful…"
"And all those people out there?"
"Yeah?"
"You get out there and tell the to pay Pay, do you hear rinned at her "I hear you, Mel"