تسجيل الدخولMaya barely had time to catch her breath.The room remained busy as the medical team prepared for the second delivery.Damon stayed beside her, his hand wrapped tightly around hers.“Our little girl,” Maya whispered.Damon smiled through his tears.“Our daughter.”He looked toward the nurse who had taken their son for his first checks.“He's okay?”The nurse nodded.“He's doing well.”Damon breathed out.“Thank God.”Maya closed her eyes as another contraction began.Damon immediately leaned closer.“I'm here.”She nodded.“You keep saying that.”“Because I want you to know.”“I know.”He kissed her forehead.“You're doing so well.”Maya gripped his hand.“I don't feel like I'm doing well.”“You are.”She breathed slowly.The doctor checked her progress.“We're almost there.”Maya nodded.She focused on the sound of Damon's voice.“Look at me.”She opened her eyes.“Your son is here.”A tear rolled down her cheek.“And our daughter is almost here.”Damon smiled.“You hear that?”Maya
The room suddenly became busier.The doctor and nurses moved around Maya while Damon remained beside her.He held her hand firmly.“You're doing well,” the doctor said.Maya nodded, breathing through another contraction.Damon leaned closer.“Look at me.”She opened her eyes.“I'm here.”“I know.”“You're almost there.”Maya squeezed his hand.“I don't think I can do this.”“Yes, you can.”Another contraction came.Maya closed her eyes.Damon kissed her forehead.“You've carried them for nine months. You've protected them every day. Now we're going to meet them.”Tears slipped down Maya's cheeks.“I love them already.”“I know.”The doctor gave instructions, and Maya focused on each breath.Damon never released her hand.Outside the room, the family waited.Ethan paced across the corridor.“How long does this take?”Lily looked at him.“Stop asking.”“I can't help it.”Rachel sat quietly.Victor stood beside the window, his eyes fixed on the closed door.Then they heard a sound.A tin
The hospital doors opened before Damon had fully stopped the car.A nurse approached with a wheelchair while another staff member came toward them.Maya gripped Damon's hand.“I can walk.”The nurse smiled.“I believe you. But we're going to make this easier for you.”Maya looked at Damon.He nodded.“Let them help.”She sat in the wheelchair.Damon stayed beside her.He didn't release her hand.Rachel and Lily followed closely behind.Ethan arrived a few minutes later with Victor.The hospital staff moved Maya quickly toward the maternity unit.Damon walked beside her.“I'm here.”Maya looked at him.“I know.”“I'm not going anywhere.”“I know.”Her voice trembled.“I'm scared.”Damon stopped walking for half a second.He leaned down and kissed her forehead.“So am I.”Maya looked surprised.“You admit it?”“Yes.”She smiled weakly.“But we're going to meet them.”He nodded.“Our babies.”The words seemed to steady both of them.Inside the examination room, the medical team began mon
For several seconds, Damon simply stared at Maya.“My water broke.”The words finally registered.His face went pale.“Okay.”Maya looked at him.“You said that already.”“I know.”“You're panicking.”“I am not.”“You are.”Damon grabbed the hospital bag from beside the door.“Where are your shoes?”“By the bed.”He picked them up.“Your phone?”“On the nightstand.”He grabbed it.“Your documents?”“In the bag.”He checked anyway.Maya watched him move around the room.“You're shaking.”“I am not.”She smiled despite the pain beginning to build again.“Damon.”He stopped.“What?”“Come here.”He moved toward her immediately.Maya reached for his hand.“I need you to breathe.”He stared at her.“You're telling me to breathe?”“Yes.”“You're the one having the babies.”“And you're the one about to faint.”“I am not going to faint.”Maya laughed.Another contraction came.Her smile disappeared.She gripped his hand.Damon's expression changed instantly.“Maya?”She closed her eyes and br
August arrived quietly.Maya had been counting down to this month for weeks, but now that it was finally here, she found herself wishing time would slow down.The twins could arrive at any moment.The hospital bag stood beside the bedroom door.The nursery was ready.The car had been checked twice.Damon had even placed a second hospital bag in the trunk, despite Maya repeatedly telling him one was enough.“You're doing it again,” Maya said one morning.Damon looked up from his phone.“Doing what?”“Checking the hospital list.”“I want to make sure everything is ready.”“Everything has been ready for weeks.”“I know.”“Then why are you checking?”“Because we're in August.”Maya smiled.“And?”“And August is the month.”She laughed.“You're nervous.”Damon put his phone down.“I'm terrified.”Maya's smile softened.“I am too.”He walked toward her.“Are you sure you're okay?”“Yes.”“Any pain?”“No.”“Dizziness?”“No.”“Anything unusual?”Maya stared at him.“Damon.”“What?”“You've as
The final weeks of Maya's pregnancy seemed to move both quickly and slowly.Every morning, she woke knowing the twins were getting closer to arriving.Every evening, she went to bed wondering whether the next day would be the day she finally held them.Bennett House had changed with her pregnancy.The nursery was ready.The hospital bag was packed.The twins' clothes had been washed, folded, and arranged in tiny drawers.Even the smallest details had been handled.Damon had made sure of it.Maya stood in the nursery one afternoon, holding up a tiny pair of socks.“They're so small.”Damon looked at them.“They'll fit.”“You say that like you've personally measured their feet.”“I have.”Maya turned toward him.“You did not.”He smiled.“I may have.”She laughed.“You're unbelievable.”Damon walked toward her and took the socks.“I want everything ready.”“It is ready.”“I know.”“Then why do you keep checking?”“Because I want to be sure.”Maya smiled.“You're nervous.”Damon didn't d







