do you want, Hawke?” Why did he have to be the first person she saw when she returned? Hadn’t God heard her prayers this week? She’d been requesting less Jace, not more, but the opposite kept happening.
Concern radiated from him, tightening his features. “You have your phone with you today?”
“Yes, but it’s on Silent.” Otherwise it would have been going off the whole time. Mackenzie had known Luc would handle things, so she’d gone off the radar. “I forgot to check it when I got back into my truck.” She winced. That hadn’t been smart of her. “Why? Is something wrong with the turnover?”
“No.” Jace rubbed a hand over the slight stubble on his cheeks and chin. His eyes—they stayed tender. Sympathetic. Something was wrong.
“What is it? What’s going on?”
“It’s Cate. She went into early labor. She and Luc are in Denver.”
“Wait, what? But isn’t it too early? Are they trying to stop the labor?”
“She was too far along to stop it. Luc just talked to Emma. Cate had the babies.”
“Already?” How was that possible? Mackenzie had only been gone for a handful of hours.
“The girls are tiny but getting good care. But Cate...”
Dread wrapped talons around her windpipe. “But Cate what?”
“She’s having complications. She’s losing blood. Luc didn’t tell Emma much. He had to go. He just said to pray.”
Oh, God. I take it all back. How could I complain about such trivial matters like Jace being back in my life? I promise I’ll be better. I’ll be more mature. Please don’t let anything happen to Cate or the babies. Luc would never recover. None of us would.
Mackenzie stared out the front windshield of her truck. “This can’t be happening. Everything was fine when I left this morning.” How could the world just tip upside down like that?
“Since the staff knows about Cate, Emma took Ruby over to Gage’s to prevent her from hearing anyone talk about...any of it. No need to scare the girl. Then she’ll take Ruby to see Cate and the girls if...when Luc gives the okay.”
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