This is the last thing she needs right now.

Jenny nodded as she gazed back at the television, shifting uncomfortably on the couch. Every day Kevin was reminded that no matter how much he had to cope with, he still had the easier job of the two of them. Moving around the house, especially up and down the stairs, was becoming quite a chore for his wife. He couldn’t imagine what it would be like carrying one baby inside of him, but two really blew his mind. Each day this realization shook him a little more, both with a joy he was afraid to fully embrace and with a panic he was afraid Jenny would finally see.

Having their first hadn’t been easy. They were both in their early thirties before deciding to try for a child. Then, after a couple of years with no results, Kevin and Jenny met with a fertility doctor. Thankfully, after going through tests, they were given the green light for IUI. Kevin still had trouble remembering what that stood for, but he knew one of the words was insemination. Unlike so many other couples that struggled through a long and difficult process, theirs had worked on the second try.

That second try had resulted in their life-loving little boy. Kevin couldn’t imagine life without the four-year-old.

Because Gregory’s delivery had been a difficult one, with him coming out initially not breathing, doctors were monitoring Jenny’s progress with the twins constantly. Now Jenny was thirty-nine. The twins were growing steadily—Kevin and Jenny were thankful for that—but they still carried some concern over Baby B. That was what they called the babies, Baby A and Baby B. B was significantly smaller than A. Each visit to measure the babies’ growth caused Jenny’s worry to grow a little. Kevin’s grew too, but he tried his best to keep those fears from her.

“So what exactly does fine mean?” Jenny asked. She was looking at him.

“Fine means it was fine. It wasn’t great.”

Even an exhausted and pregnant and highly hormonal Jenny was perceptive enough to see through his vague answer.

Sometimes I wish she didn’t know me so well.

Her blue eyes locked onto his in a fully awake glance. “What happened?”

“We didn’t sign a contract.”

Her blond hair spilled over on one shoulder as she shifted and sat up on the couch. “Are you serious?”

“I knew it was a possibility before I went.”

Jenny waited for him to say more but more wasn’t coming. There wasn’t a lot to say.

“What are you going to do?”

He hated seeing the anxiety on her pretty face. “It’s going to be fine. Just trust me. Okay? Our minivan is big enough for all of us to sleep inside.”

“That’s not funny.”

Kevin took a sip of his wine. “Look, it’s okay. I’m totally equipped to deliver both the babies if I have to. I mean—look at the job I did on the turkey.”

This put a smile on Jenny’s face. His humor was one of the things that she said had made her fall in love with him. It was also one of the things that had been absent for some time in their house.