Adopted

Chapter 24

"Alex..." she called him.

"Just a second, I'm about to win here!" he exclaimed, and Stephanie just shook her head.

"Alex." She called him again.

"Just on more minute..." he said, still concentrated in the game.

"Alex, it's coming!!" she finally screamed at him.

"What?!" he was surprised. He left the game and walked to her.

"Are you sure?!" he asked panicked.

"Yes, I'm sure!" she said as Alex helped her to stand up.

"Ok, ok, no panic. Stephanie, call an ambulance, then call to Milford or Bessie if one of them can watch you when we'll be gone." Alexander told his daughter calmly.

"Got it!" Stephanie said and rushed to the phone.

"And you just calm and breathe. Ok?" He told Valeria and breathed with her.

"Yes... Yes... Ow!" she let out another scream.

"Ok, you know what? I'll just put you in bed until the ambulance will come." He said and picked her up and walked with her upstairs. At first, she wanted to resist but knew it was no use to do so.

After calling Milford, she called Daniel to tell him the news.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Daniel, it's Stephanie!"

"Hey, Stephanie! Is everything ok? You sound like you're out of breath."

"Yes, well... Valeria is in labour. Right now." She told him.

"Oh, wait, what? Isn't that early?" he asked concerned.

"I know, and now we're waiting for an ambulance to take her!"

"Ok, well, we'll be coming now to your place for now. Bye!" he said quickly and hung up.

Then Alex came downstairs.

"So is Milford is on the way?" he asked.

"Yes, and so is Daniel." Stephanie confessed.

"W-What..?" Alex was surprised.

"Well, I had to tell him, right? He then just decided to come here, that's all." She explained when they heard a knocking on the door.

"Come in!" Alexander called and both Bessie and Milford came in.

"Oh, you're still here! Where's Valeria?" Milford asked.

"She's in the bedroom upstairs." He replied and they heard another scream from there.

"Yes, we're still waiting for the ambulance. Meanwhile you can come in." Alexander said and invited them in. They walked and sat in the living room and Stephanie joined them.

He was about to go upstairs back to his wife, when somebody knocked on the door. He went to open the door and saw there Daniel, Mandy (who was holding Sean), Jorge and Alison.

"Why, hello." He said and opened the door wider, letting them in.

"I guess the ambulance didn't come yet." Mandy commented as she walked in and Alexander nodded.

"And you got a ticket for nothing." Jorge said looking at his son.

"Oh, come on! It's worth it!" Daniel said to him, rolling his eyes.

"Valeria is upstairs, right?" Alison asked Alexander.

"Yes, but it'd be better if you guys will stay here and won't bother her." He explained to her.