Laura wasn’t well for a while but when Adam came home again that nasty feeling disappeared.
“Darling, I am home again”, he called at the front door.
Laura got up and walked towards him.
“Darling, we have missed you so”, she said smiling.
Adam took his wife into his arms and kissed her.
“Look out as my belly is in between it”, she said warning.
She pushed him a bit further away from her and looked at her belly.
“What is the matter with your belly?”, Adam asked amazed.
“It gets rounder each day”, replied Laura.
“Our baby?”, Adam asked amazed.
His wife nodded.
“When does it come?”, Adam asked smiling.
“About 4 months time”, replied Laura.
“What does Peggy think of it?”, asked Adam.
“Great. She is thrilled with you and now she is getting a little brother or a sister from us together she is really happy. And so am I”, said Laura.
Peggy was the daughter of Laura from her first marriage.
Laura and Adam looked at the photo which was made of their and Adam for their wedding.
Laura thought: ‘Oh Will...Will...Will...’
Adam thought: ‘Thank you Will...thank you!!’ Before she married Adam Laura dated his cousin Will Cartwright but he didn’t care anything about Peggy so that it was clear for Laura.
During supper Peggy asked suddenly, Mom, do I get a little brother or a sister?”
“I don’t know yet. We know it when it is born”, replied Laura.
“What do you prefer?”, asked Adam.
“It doesn’t really matter to me”, was the answer.
Laura looked at her belly and said, “I believe that I am expecting a boy. I am now a bit bigger than when I was 5 months pregnant with Peggy.”
The extent of Laura became bigger all the time and she got a lot of support of Adam and Peggy.
One morning Peggy was busy with breakfast when Adam came into the kitchen.
“Where is mamma?”, asked his stepdaughter.
“In bed”, said Adam.
Laura laid in bed with her big belly and knew that it wouldn’t be long before the child would come. She tried to get some more sleep but through her belly it failed. When Adam came in with the breakfast tray Laura went to sit carefully. She grabbed her belly at once.
“Adam, the baby is coming”, said Laura.
Adam put the tray down and went to sit with his wife.
“I thought that it was false alarm but it is real”, said Laura.
She went to lie down again and felt a contraction coming up.
“I let Peggy to get the doctor”, Adam said calm.
He went to the kitchen and said, “The baby is on its way. You go and get the doctor.”
Peggy went away at once. Adam went back to Laura who already had heavy pains.
“The doctor will never come in time as I already feel it coming”, Laura said gasping.
Adam put the blankets away and checked his delivering wife.
“Adam, you really must help me now”, said Laura.
“Go and push. I will help you”, said Adam.
Laura pushed hard and screamed it out due to the pain.
“Just a while and then the baby is born”, Adam said when he saw the head.
Laura went to push again and felt the baby coming. Adam received the baby and saw right away what they had gotten.
“It is a boy”, he said smiling.
He put the baby by the mother who began to cry spontaneously.
The crowing of the rooster made Adam wake up and he was deliriously glad with that. He realized that he had dreamed it all and that he really hadn’t embarked on matrimony with Laura Dayton.