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asked, getting to her feet. She moved with a flourish, her bangle bracelets jingling.
    Lillian stood as well, hugging her son and then Keely.
    Alex reluctantly turned away from her to answer Lucinda. “I’m good. And you?”
    “ Fine and I’m getting better every minute now that I’m in the same room with you and Keely again.” The woman turned to his sister and gave her a hug. “My, you gave me a scare this morning, but I see everything is fine as rain now.”
    “Oh yes, please tell me you are fine,” Lillian agreed.
    “For the time being,” Keely assured.
    “ Only if she stays off her feet.” Darren urged her toward the row of cushioned seats.
    “Yes. Yes. She must get off her feet. Having one daughter in labor at a time is more than I can handle.” Lillian followed them. “They won’t let me in there with Jama. Can you believe that?”
    “It’s what she wanted, Mom ,” Darren said. “She explained that to you already.”
    “I thought she was teasing me.”
    “No, Mom. She’s nervous about the delivery and she felt it would be easier if it was just her and Kyle with the nurses and doctor.”
    “What’s there to be nervous about? I did it three times. And who better to know how to give birth to twins than someone who has done it before?”
    Sue saw Darren roll his eyes and she bit back a smile. Lucinda must have s een the gesture too because she winked at her.
    “How are things with you , Sue?”
    “Everything is going great.”
    “I’m glad to hear it.” Lucinda sat down and patted the vacant seat beside her. “Alex, come sit and tell me about your current project. Are you researching anything interesting?”
    He did as Lucinda asked. “Actually you might find this interesting…”
    Sue’s cellphone buzzed and she fished it out of her purse to answer it, stepping away from the group. “Hello?”
    “Hey, sis. You got a minute?”
    “Not really. I’m at the hospital and can’t talk right now.”
    “Hospital? Are you all right?”
    “Yeah, Alex and I were going out, but he got a text…anyway he thought it was about his sister, but when we got here it was about my boss Jama. She’s having the twins so I’m here with him and the family. I don’t think I’m supposed to have my cellphone on, so I need to keep it short.”
    “No problem. It can wait. I wanted to add one tiny thing to the list I gave you.”
    “Really?” Sue bit her lip to keep from saying what she really thought about that list. It was the reason she wasn’t ready when Alex came to pick her up and the reason he’d kissed her, which she couldn’t be upset about. However, when she’d agreed to help Kimberly out she hadn’t expected the list to be so long. “What is it?”
    “When you check with the caterer can you be sure to remind her about the mints. She said she’d do a special design of our initials for them, but I needed to remind her about it closer to time.”
    “Okay.” She rummaged in her purse for a pen and paper to jot it down so she wouldn’t forget.
    “Thanks and have fun. I didn’t realize you were seeing Alex again tonight.”
    “He called after I got home from the fitting.”
    “Things sure are moving in the right direction for you.”
    “I guess. Listen I really need to get off the phone before a nurse catches me.”
    “Sure. Sure. We can talk about this later. Bye.”
    Sue ended the call and turned the cellphone off before putting it back in her purse. When she turned around she bumped into Alex.
    He reached out and took hold of her arms to steady her. His strong hold on her sent a little spark running down her spine, and a warmth filled her belly as she recalled their earlier kiss. Oh man, but she really was treading on dangerous ground with him.
    “Anything wrong?” His brow arched and her pulse raced. She swallowed hard.
    “No. Kimberly had something to add to that list of things for me to do.”
    “Ah…listen there really isn’t a reason for us to stick around here unless