When he was gone, Deucalion locked the door behind him. Allison was scrubbing the goo off her skin while she sat up. After she got her shirt in place, she braced her arms on the edges of the couch and stared at the floor.
"Wow," she said, "this just got real very fast."
Deucalion went to kneel in front of her. Hands on her knees, he opened her legs so he could scooch between them. "Hey, seriously, don't worry. Doc's the best. Since he's been here, our mother/baby mortality rates have gone down. Way down. He's not going to let anything happen to you. And I promise that I'll be there every step. If I'm not home, all you have to do is call or text saying you need me for whatever reason, stupid or serious. I'll drop whatever I'm doing no matter what. You are my number one priority."
"What a
