Free The Good Luck Potion (The Good Luck Series) by Leanne Tyler

got cooler later. Slipping on a pair of canvas walkers, she hurried into the bathroom to check her hair and touch up her make up. She brushed her teeth and applied lip gloss.
    Satisfied, she emerged from her bedroom to rejoin Alex , but the grim expression on his face as he stared at his cellphone told her something was wrong. When he didn’t glance her way she made her presence known. “I’m ready. Sorry you had to wait.”
    He held his cellphone up for her to see. “I—I have to go. I’m so rry, but we can’t go out after all.”
    “Wh y? What’s happened?”
    “Darren just sent me a text. They’re headed to the hospital. Keely’s water broke. The baby is coming.”
    “B-but, she isn’t due for another couple of months. Are you sure you read the message right?”
    He tossed her his phone, looking like he wanted to bolt for the door instead of explain things to her. She read the display and sure enough Darren had wrote: Her water broke. On the way to the hospital. Babys coming.
    “This doesn’t make sense. You said Keely was fine when you saw her earlier today.”
    “Yes. She was and now this. How could her water break at this point in the pregnancy?”
    “Women go into premature labor all the time. I’m sure the doctors will know what to do.”
    He took a few steps toward the door, but stopped and turned around. “Which hospital? I—I haven’t a clue where Darren is taking her.”
    Sue thought a minute trying to recall the name of Keely’ s doctor. “Tennova. He’ll take her to the Women’s Pavilion. She and Jama see the same group of doctors.”
    “I should have known that.” He clutched his hand to his chest. The color had drained from his face and he looked green around the mouth.
    “Do you want me to come with you?”
    He nodded, bending over at the waist. He took several deep breaths as if he were having difficulty breathing. “Would you? I don’t think I can drive. What if she loses the baby? Or worse yet, what if we lose her? She’s all the family I have left.”
    The desperation in his voice sent her feet to moving. She grabbed her purse and car keys off the kitchen counter. “We’ll take my car. Come on.” She placed her arm around him for reassurance. “There’s no time to panic right now. We’ll go to the hospital and find out what is happening. It could be a false alarm.”
    He took a few shallow breaths and stood up straight. “But her water broke. I don’t think that could be a false alarm.”
    “There are many reasons for there to be fluids leaking besides that. She could have had a bladder spasm. Remember, Darren is going to be a first time father. He could be panicking just like you.”
    Alex stopped walking and glared at her. “You think I’m overreacting.”
    “If the shoe fits.”
     
     
    He glared at her for a full five seconds and then he began to laugh at himself. She was totally right. He was acting like…well he wasn’t sure what, but if Phil or Brandon were here witnessing his meltdown they’d never let him live it down. “Sorry.”
    “No need to apologize. She’s your sister. You love her. I get that. Now let’s go.” She opened the apartment door for him to exit.
    “Yes, ma’am.”
    “No sassing me, mister.” Her stern tone, but smirky grin told him she was trying to lighten the mood.
    “I wasn’t—”
    She held up a finger and it stopped him from saying more. The ‘don’t mess with me’ look on her pretty face had him feeling warm all over again like he had from their earlier kiss. Even the small bottle he carried in his pocket heated. He shoved his hand in there and grasped the smooth surface surprised that it really was warm. Had his body heat caused it?
    Punching the k ey fob, she unlocked the doors and he climbed into her car. Within seconds they were on their way to the hospital. He tried to stay calm as Sue drove the back roads, but he couldn’t stop thinking about what might happen to Keely and the baby. It really was too