Free An Unexpected Baby by Shadonna Richards

her voice. She could barely hold her head up. She just realized that she was hooked up to an intravenous drip, too. It appeared that Normal Saline was infusing in her veins. But why?
    Emma’s memory came back about the documentary and Evan storming out of the house and that witch Lucinda! She burst  into tears.
    “Evan’s g-g-gone, isn’t he?”
    “It’s okay, sweetie. I told him everything. I told him that you didn’t know about the result. That you really thought it was positive at first but when you went to tell him that he was already emotional and that you didn’t want to burst his bubble. It’s gonna be okay, hon.”
    “Thanks, G-Gina,” Emma stuttered. “But I lied to him and he’s gone. It’s over-”
    “It ain’t over till I say it’s over,” Evan came into the room with three cups of Starbuck’s drinks. She knew two of them must be coffee. She guessed the other was her favorite, hot chocolate with real whipped cream on top.
    “Evan,” Emma said weakly, too tied up to move with all the wires attached to her from the ECG.
    “Thanks, Evan,” Gina said as she took her coffee. “Ems, I’m just going downstairs for a while. See you later, okay?” She winked to her friend then gathered her handbag and Kindle and walked out the room closing the door behind her.
    Evan drew in a deep breath and placed Emma’s drink on the table beside her.
    “Thank you,” she murmured.
    “It’s okay.”
    There was a long awkward silence that filled the air between them until Evan finally broke it. “I’m sorry.”
    “What? Honey, I’m sorry. I’m the one who lied to you.”
    “And for a good reason, I guess. I mean, the way Gina explained it…”
    “Yes, hon. I was so stupid. The test strip was positive, I thought. I mean they all give different results. I got so excited I didn’t know that I had confused it with another test strip. I didn’t know how to tell you.”
    “But you should have just opened up and tell me the truth, hon. You know how I feel about lies.”
    “When was I supposed to do that? When you told me I made you feel like a real man or….when your…father passed.”
    Evan swallowed hard. Emma could see his Adam’s apple bob in his throat. He drew in another deep breath. “Okay, you’ve made your point.”
    “Well, will you ever forgive me? I mean, I was hoping that we could try and get pregnant.”
    “No.”
    Emma felt her heart smash against her chest. “No?”
    “No, baby.” He handed her a hospital printout of blood results. “The ER doc ran some tests on you after you passed out and that included an hCG pregnancy test since Gina told them about some pregnancy. And well…it turns out that we’re really going to have a baby!” Evan’s smile grew wider.
    “What?” Emma’s heart leaped in her chest. She tried to lean up but couldn’t.
    “Don’t try to get up, baby, just rest.”
    “That’s wonderful….but….the pregnancy test.”
    “Yeah, I explained that to the doc and he said that the test strip was probably faulty in the first place or you didn’t give a good enough urine sample. It happens a lot, he said. Anyway, they also did an ultrasound on your while you were sleeping just to date the pregnancy and give an accurate due date!”
    Emma could not believe it. “We’re going to have a baby.”
    “Nope. I’m sorry,” the doctor said, walking into the room.
    “No?” Both Emma and Evan called out in unison. The look of confusion plastered on their faces.
    “No. You are not going to have a baby,” he said as he paused, peering out at them over his spectacles. “According to this ultrasound result,” he said, showing them a grey photo, “you're going to have three babies. You’re pregnant with triplets! Congratulations!” The doctor’s smile appeared.
    “What?” Evan was beside himself. He stood up pacing in excitement. “We’re having three babies? That’s…that’s fantastic! Unbelievably fantastic!”
    Emma was dazed. Here she went from