The stagecoach arrived in Eagle Station. Only 1 passenger got out. It was the twenty year old Amy Parker. She waited till the stagecoach had left and noticed than that everybody was looking at her. That were Ben Cartwright and his 3 sons (Adam, Hoss and Little Joe) and saloon owner Shelby.
“Poor child. So young and already extremely pregnant”, said Shelby.
Adam and Hoss walked to her.
“Hello, I am Adam Cartwright and that is my brother Hoss. Can we help you?”, asked Adam.
“I am Amy Parker. My baby is due any moment. Do you know where I can stay for the time being?”, Amy asked on her turn.
“There is the saloon with rooms”, said Hoss.
Meanwhile Ben, Little Joe and Shelby came to the threesome.
“You can get a room at my place to have your baby”, said Shelby.
“You don’t want that I bring my child into the world in a room above the saloon, do you? It is meant well but then I just could have stayed with my ex. He not only made me pregnant but I also had to work in smoky saloon. That’s why I fled”, said Amy.
“If you like you can stay with us until the baby is born and you can travel again”, Ben suggested.
Amy nodded.
Shelby said, “When it is time I help you with the delivery.”
Amy nodded again.
“Amy, These are our pa and our little brother Little Joe. Pa and Joe, this is Amy Parker”, said Adam.
Hoss got the luggage of their guest and they walked to the wagon. Ben and Adam helped Amy on the wagon and the others climbed on it after that.
Arrived at the Ponderosa Ben showed Amy the house.
“Here you can stay till your baby is born and you can travel on again. Must I write your parents?”, Ben asked when he showed Amy the guest room.
“They live in Sacramento. They don’t know that I am pregnant”, Amy said hesitating.
“I write that you are here but nothing about the baby”, promised Ben.
Amy sat down and felt then how tired she was.
“You go to rest and we call you when Hop Sing has supper ready. Hop Sing is our cook”, said Ben.
A moment later Amy slept like a baby.
By eating time Amy woke up and she felt much better. She got up and walked to the living room. Ben saw her coming and walked towards her.
“I really needed to sleep a while”, she said a bit shy.
“We can go to the table in a minute”, said the rancher.
Amy totally got rest now she was staying with the Cartwrights. She could get on very well with Adam and Hoss. But with Carlos Rivera The Vega and Little Joe too the mother to be could get on well.
A week after her arrival Eagle Station Amy woke up with pain. She felt at her belly and knew that it was time. She got up and walked with much difficulty to the living room.
“Mr Cartwright, the baby is coming”, she just said.
“Amy, you go back to bed. Hoss, you go and get Shelby right away”, Ben said calm.
Amy walked back to bed and waited for help. Hoss ran as fast as he could to the saloon.
“Shelby, Amy needs you”, he just said by the door.
Shelby went along straight away.
Meanwhile Amy got lots more pain but she tried to keep calm.
“Just wait a minute with coming till there is help”, Amy said to her baby but it was no use.
She got a heavy urge to push and realized that it wouldn’t be long before the baby was born. Amy took a breath and started to push.
“Oh I feel it coming”, she said to herself.
Amy pushed the blankets aside and felt the baby coming. She pushed again where after the baby was born. A big trouble had fallen of her shoulders. Exactly at that moment Ben came in and he knew right away what had happened.
“The baby came so fast”, said Amy.
Ben kneeled down by the bed and got the baby.
“You have a son”, he said smiling.
“I name him Victor”, Amy said while she held her son.
Then Shelby came in and she saw mother with child.
“He came sooner than we had thought”, said Ben.
Everything was alright with mother and child and the others got to see the new arrival. That evening two men arrived in Eagle Station. David Parker walked straight to the house of the Cartwrights. He got followed by a younger man who had to be at the same address. David knocked at the door and saw then James Willis standing.
“You probably are that no good of a James Willis, aren’t you?”, he asked.
“I am indeed James Willis but I am really not a no good. Your daughter wanted to have my child herself”, answered James.
Now he noticed that he had made a slip of the tongue.
“So she is pregnant?”, David asked fierce.
“She took off when she was enormously big. The child can come any moment so they just come along with me”, said James.
“We will see about that”, said David.
The door went open and Ben heard what David said.
“Mr Cartwright? I am David Parker. I got a letter from you that my daughter Amy is here. And now I get to hear from that swanker that she is expecting a baby from him”, said David.
“Amy is indeed here. You want to see her?”, asked Ben.
David nodded and got brought by his daughter and grandson. James slipped after them but he got stopped by Adam, Hoss and Carlos.
“Let Amy be alone with her father for a moment”, said Adam.
“For this time then. But she is and stays mine!”, James snapped with reluctance.
But this didn’t last long.
David came into the guest room and saw his daughter with her baby lying in bed.
“Pa!”, she said worried.
“Everything is alright. You and the baby just come to live with us”, said David.
“Do you want to hold your grandson Victor? He was born this morning”, said Amy.
She gave the baby over and was now deliriously happy.
“He really is a cutie. Your mother will be thrilled with him too”, David said looking at is grandson.
Suddenly James came into the bed room and saw his ex with their son. But David was there too.
“Amy, you go along with me now and that child comes along as well. I need you in my saloon”, said James.
“And walking around pregnant again for sure? No way. Victor and I don’t need you”, answered Amy.
“Then you see for yourself how raise that kid. I am out of here!”, said James.
He left at once for good.
Now the relation with her parents was well again Amy recovered very quickly from the delivery. A month after her arrival in Eagle Station Amy left with father and son for Sacramento.
“Mr Cartwright, thanks for the hospitality. We will never forget you”, Amy said by her leaving.
“We will never forget you either”, said Ben.
He helped her into the stagecoach. David gave her the baby where after he got in himself too. The Cartwrights watched her go till the stagecoach had disappeared out of sight and life went on as usual.