“No. She doesn’t know. I wasn’t planning on telling her either.”
“Well, we’re going to have to. She’s going to lose her shite when she finds out. She’s going to be furious with the both of us.”
“I know.”
“And then there’s your parents. I doubt your father and mother are going to be fine and dandy when they find out a middle-aged man they always trusted around you is the father of their grandchildren.”
I dropped back into my seat. There was too much to process, too much to figure out. Before Sadie could say a word in response, a knock sounded at the door.
“Come in!” I called out.
The door opened and a nurse poked her head in.
“Everything alright?” she asked.
“Just fine,” Sadie said with a smile. “Just going over some childcare stuff with Dr. McMurray here.”
“We’re done, I think. Well, for now. What’s the craic?”
“Well, we’ve got a couple of fussy ones ready for some mommy attention. I can bring you to them when you’re ready.”
Sadie grinned. It was the beaming smile that was unmistakably a mother’s.
“I’m ready,” she said.
The nurse left to get a wheelchair, and Sadie and I were alone once more.
“Listen,” I said, gazing at her hard. “I want to say this – you’re not raising those babies alone, that’s for damn sure.”