Taking a deeper breath and rubbing her stomach in reassurance as she tended to do out of habit. The baby was growing, her due date close, and there was so much more to be done now that she didn't have Nigel. Who would hold her hand during labour?
"You need to eat, since you're having two babies. And those are Tom's babies, so you know they're going to eat a lot," Sook joked, or tried to at least. Her friend was so damn beautiful, there was a warmer glow about her skin and her hair looked full and bouncy. Sook was so envious sometimes.
Nodding, she gave Izzy's hand a quick squeeze. Sadness and fear still gripped her but she couldn't let it win when she had so much to look after. "You get your midnight feast. I'm gonna check on Delly and try and sleep."