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her.
    He
held her hips and then supported her big belly as he pounded inside her.
    “Don’t
be scared about hurting me or the baby,” she told him.
    He
pushed harder, faster, just the way she liked it, and the room spun as she drifted down into a warm, dark
place where her climax slowly built. First in her toes, then her thighs—her
curls were even on edge —and then, the
payoff.
    After
that, Jon and Shaun lay on the bed, her sandwiched between them, touching her
belly, feeling the baby move around.
    “This
baby’s going to be so lucky—not one father, but two,” she said.
    “He’ll
be the best-loved baby in Montana,” said
Shaun.
    “He?”
asked Jon.
    “It’s
a boy,” said Shaun.
    “It’s
a girl, and I’ve decided on Kathleen Anne as her name,” said Sarah. “It was my
mother and grandmother’s names.”
    “Going
to be a strange name for a boy,” said Shaun.
    “Yep,
we’re going to have to teach him how to throw a punch for when he gets teased,”
said Jon.
    “You
can joke and mock me all you like, but I
can’t wait until Kathleen arrives,” said Sarah.

 
     
    Chapter Ten
     
    An
October snowstorm had moved in that morning and Sarah guessed it had something
to do with her going into labor as soon as she rose that day. The baby, like
the snow, was early. She hadn’t told Shaun or Jon that she’d been having pains
until they got so bad she cried out and had taken to her bed mid-morning.
Whether it was a son or daughter, it was
obvious it wasn’t going to come into this world with any ease and by the early evening,
her body was racked with intolerable pain.
    “I’m
going to die,” said Sarah, another sharp pain gripping her. She squeezed the
bed sheet tight in her fists. While doing so, she thought back to when she’d done the same thing when she, Jon and Shaun had
enjoyed hours of pleasure on this very same piece of furniture. Maybe dying in
childbirth would be her punishment for living such an immoral lifestyle.
    “You’re
not going to die. We’ll make sure of that. The three of us have a long and
happy life together. Raising this child and any others we’re blessed to have,”
said Jon.
    He
grabbed her hand while Shaun took the other one.
    “The
doctor’s on his way. Won’t be long now before you’re holding that baby in your
arms,” said Jon.
    The
Grantsville doctor hadn’t wanted to attend to her but Jon and Shaun had found
one in a neighboring town who as of yet
didn’t know about the three of them. Shaun had ridden out to fetch him and come
back saying he was delivering another baby but would be with them as soon as he
could. However, by then it could be too late for her, but, hopefully, not the baby. She knew both men would take good
care of Kathleen Anne should she not be around to raise her with them.
    Another
pain gripped her and she dug her nails into both Shaun and Jon’s hands with
equal pressure.
    “I
wish we could take some of the pain for you,” said Shaun.
    If
only this baby would leave her body. He or she would be safe, and Sarah would
be able to die peacefully knowing she’d brought her baby safely into the world.
    “You
hear that?” asked Jon.
    All
she’d heard was the wind howling around the house and the occasional pellet of
snow hitting the windows.
    “It’s
got to be the doctor,” said Shaun. He let
go of her hand and walked to the window, pushing back the curtain to peek
outside.
    “Yep,
it’s him,” he said. “Baby will be here in no time now, Sarah. ”
    Shaun
left and returned five minutes later with Doctor Myles in tow. The man looked
cold and still had flecks of snow clinging to his hair.
    “Which
one is the father to be?” he asked.
    “I
am,” both Shaun and Jon said at the same time.
    “So
the gossip in town hasn’t been just hearsay.”
    If
the pain hadn’t been so bad, Sarah would have been mortified to learn that talk
of their relationship that spread beyond Grantsville, but her one and only goal
was to deliver a live