“Sienna,” a woman says, poking her head out from the doorway. I walk toward her. All the guys follow behind me.
“Oh, you’ve got a whole entourage,” she says, laughing as she guides me into the ultrasound room.
“I guess you could say that,” I say, sitting on the exam table.
The ultrasound tech looks over at the men who are now standing against the cabinets on the opposite side of the room. “Which one of these lucky guys is the daddy?”
All their fearful eyes snap right to me.
I laugh a little nervously. “Don’t know exactly. We’re going with all of them until proven otherwise.”
“Gotcha,” she says, showing no signs of judgment. She leans closer to me. “I wouldn’t want to choose between those three hotties either,” she adds with a wink.
A smile spreads across my face.Exactly.I glance at her name tag that’s pinned to her scrubs. Lidia is my new favorite person at this office.
She gets me set up and presses the wand to my stomach. Instead of training my eyes on the screen where I know the images will appear, I look at the guys.
I can tell the moment they see the baby.
Every part of Warren softens, like his outside is finally reflecting his inner teddy bear. Grayson’s eyes take on a glossiness, even though I don’t see any actual tears fall.
Tucker freezes. He looks like all the air has been sucked from his lungs as his whole world has shifted around him.
Finally, I turn to look at the screen. Now it’s my turn to have tears spring to my eyes. I don’t see a little blob on the screen anymore. That’s a baby.My baby.
The tech goes about zooming in and measuring everything she needs to, while I stare at the screen in wonder.
All three of the guys have migrated over. They’re right beside me on the opposite side of the tech.
“Do you want to find out the gender today?” she asks as she types numbers into the keyboard with her free hand.
Shit.I knew this was going to be a possibility today, but I hadn’t made any decisions yet. I turn my head toward the guys.
“What do you think?” I ask them.
“What doyouwant?” Warren asks in his gruff but gentle voice. He grabs my hand.
“I think I want to know,” I say, looking up into his eyes. Then I look over at the other two, who are both nodding.
“Then we want to know,” Grayson says, looking from me to the tech.
“Yes, tell us if we’re having a little fireman or a fire lady,” Tucker says.
“I don’t love that idea,” I say, cringing. “Having you all be firefighters is enough as it is.”
“Oh my god, they’re all firefighters,” Lidia says, looking right at me. “You are one lucky lady. No wonder you don’t want to commit to just one of them.”
I can’t help the laugh that bursts free. She’s talking about them like they’re a museum exhibit at my side, not three living, breathing men.
“Do you want me to tell you all now or write it on a piece of paper to look at later?” she asks.
Now that the possibility of finding out is right here, I don’t want to wait. “Now?” I ask the guys.
They all nod in agreement.
Lidia adjusts the wand on my stomach to get the right angle. “Congratulations. You’re going to have a little girl.” She turns to look at Tucker. “Or I guess a fire lady.”
Tears are no longer just building. They’re sliding down my cheeks.I’m going to have a little girl. A daughter.
