One Night Only (221 page)

T
ear
s
ra
n
fro
m
T
ess
’
s
eye
s
a
s
sh
e
watche
d
he
r
gorgeous husban
d
swallo
w
th
e
new
s
h
e
ha
d
bee
n
longin
g
t
o
hear fo
r
ove
r
a
yea
r
no
w
.

“
I
.
.
.
I
.
.
.
when
?
O
h
m
y
God
,
thi
s
i
s
amazing!
”
His
eye
s
widene
d
an
d
fille
d
u
p
an
d
hi
s
voic
e
wa
s
broke
n
in shock
.

“
I
recko
n
i
t
wil
l
b
e
Ma
y
,
”
sh
e
said
.
“S
o
w
e
hav
e a
while
t
o
wait
.
I
mus
t
onl
y
b
e
a
fe
w
weeks
.
It
’
s
definitel
y
ver
y
early
stage
s
bu
t
I’l
l
fin
d
ou
t
mor
e
whe
n
I
g
o
t
o
th
e
antenata
l
clinic.
I’v
e
mad
e
m
y
firs
t
appointmen
t
fo
r
Friday!
”

Ro
b
nestle
d
hi
s
fac
e
int
o
T
ess
’
s
shoulde
r
an
d
hel
d
her a
s
clos
e
a
s
h
e
could
.
The
y
staye
d
lik
e
tha
t
fo
r
minutes unti
l
the
y
remembere
d
thei
r
dinne
r
wa
s
gettin
g
cold
.

“I’
m
almos
t
to
o
excite
d
t
o
eat,
”
h
e
sai
d
whe
n
sh
e
took
her
place
again
at
the
opposite
side
of
the
table.
“Are
you
sur
e
you’r
e
oka
y
wit
h
i
t
all
?
Onl
y
a
fe
w
day
s
ag
o
you chucke
d
a
wobbl
y
wit
h
m
e
fo
r
eve
n
suggestin
g
it.
”

T
es
s
pushe
d
he
r
foo
d
aroun
d
he
r
plate
.
He
r
appetite wa
s
wanin
g
to
o
an
d
dee
p
i
n
th
e
pi
t
o
f
he
r
stomac
h
she
stil
l
fel
t
a
tin
y
bi
t
queas
y
.

“
I
fee
l
lik
e
I’
m
o
n
to
p
o
f
th
e
world,
”
sh
e
said
.
“
I
really
do
.
I
wa
s
s
o
agains
t
i
t
becaus
e
I
wante
d
t
o
b
e
i
n
control an
d
mak
e
sur
e
i
t
wa
s
m
e
wh
o
decide
d
whe
n
m
y
body woul
d
b
e
read
y
.
Bu
t
natur
e
ha
d
othe
r
plans
.
I
t
jus
t
seems
s
o
mean
t
t
o
be
!
I’
m
ove
r
th
e
moon!
”

Ro
b
squeeze
d
he
r
han
d
an
d
wa
s
smilin
g
mor
e
than
T
es
s
ha
d
eve
r
see
n
hi
m
smilin
g
befor
e
–
mor
e
tha
n
when
sh
e
accepte
d
hi
s
marriag
e
proposa
l
o
n
a
ho
t
sand
y
beach i
n
T
uscan
y
thre
e
year
s
ago
,
mor
e
tha
n
whe
n
h
e
declared
hi
s
lov
e
fo
r
he
r
o
n
thei
r
weddin
g
da
y
i
n
a
countr
y
church i
n
fron
t
o
f
tw
o
hundre
d
guests
.
I
t
reall
y
wa
s
th
e
happiest momen
t
i
n
hi
s
lif
e
an
d
sh
e
wa
s
s
o
gla
d
t
o
hav
e
bee
n
such
a
hug
e
par
t
o
f
it
.
W
ell
,
al
l
o
f
i
t
reall
y
.

“So
,
wha
t
ar
e
th
e
odd
s
i
t
migh
t
b
e
twin
s
then?
”
he aske
d
wit
h
a
grin
.
“
I
hop
e
yo
u
kno
w
thi
s
i
s
th
e
star
t
of tha
t
footbal
l
tea
m
I’v
e
bee
n
plannin
g
an
d
you
r
siste
r
has twins
,
s
o
wh
o
knows?
”

T
es
s
lifte
d
a
pe
a
of
f
he
r
plat
e
an
d
flicke
d
i
t
acros
s
the table
.

“Don
’
t
pus
h
you
r
luck
,
matey!
”
sh
e
said
.
“Let
’
s
just
se
e
ho
w
w
e
manag
e
wit
h
on
e
littl
e
mout
h
t
o
fee
d
an
d
take i
t
fro
m
there!
”