She stiffened. “When am I due? The doctor said I’m three months’ pregnant. I probably became pregnant during the weeks we were in London watching over Eve, Joe, and Michael.” She looked at him. “But I want you to know that I’m keeping this child. Whether you want it or not. I’ll take care of it, if you decide that you want to walk away. It will be my child and you’ll—”

“Be quiet.” His hand was over her mouth, silencing her. His hoarse voice was intense. “You’re right, it will be your child. Do you think that I’d ever walk away from your child? It will be a part of you. I’d never let either one of you go. But I have to know everything about it so that I can take care of it, and you. I’ve never had to worry about anything like this before. But you’ve got to tell me things and let me help you.”

“And I will.” She went into his arms. “You know more than you think. You’ll always know what to do. You practically raised your sister Lisa. And you did a great job. But we might have to learn together. I may have to call Eve and Joe and have another talk.”

“Later,” Caleb said. “I think I could handle Eve, but I don’t want to deal with an angry ex-SEAL at the moment. We have too much on our plates right now. Go to sleep and we’ll get everything settled in the morning.” He paused. “There is one other item. Would you mind if I fill in Rodland when he comes back to camp?”

“No, why should I mind? The last thing I want is to have to repeat any of Bohdan’s threats again.”

“Just checking. Our arrangement is too new for me to violate any of its clauses. Your relationship with Rodland did have certain secrets.”

“The only thing in the least confidential was our trip to Kilgoray. He didn’t even know who I was going to see.” She added suddenly, “Dr. Campbell. I’m worried about him. He was very nice to me. We’ve got to make certain Bohdan doesn’t hurt him.”

“I’m not forgetting about him. I’m going to call Palik right away and get him to send a team to explore how we can find him.” Caleb kissed her forehead. “But there’s nothing you can do right now. Go to sleep, Jane…”

*  *  *

The first thing Jane was aware of when she woke the next morning was the scent of bacon and pancakes.