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in that amount of time, can you?
    Up at our front door again, I swipe my card through the lock before taking a quick glance at Dad and Holly’s door.
    ‘You guys go in. I might just check in with the olds.’
    ‘Okay. Say hi to them both.’ Alexa clicks open the door and lets Nat in before her while I step sideways and give a quick knock.
    Dad opens the door within seconds, looking more than a little flustered.
    ‘What’s the matter?’ my words blurt out. ‘Is Holly okay?’
    ‘Of course. Of course. We’re just waiting for the doctor to get here.’
    I step inside and quickly shut the door behind me. ‘Doctor? What for? What’s going on? Where’s Holly?’
    ‘Over here!’ A hand pokes up from one of the living-room sofas and waves itself around. Her head follows. ‘And I’m fine. Really.’
    But Dad doesn’t look convinced. ‘I knew we shouldn’t have come. Dr Meyers told us it wasn’t the best idea.’
    Now Holly really sits up. ‘He did not! He said I was in perfect health. He only said it wasn’t the best time to travel.’
    ‘He also said it would be best to stick close to the hospital. Just in case.’
    ‘But there are hospitals here. And he gave us the name of a good doctor, who I’m sure will be able to check my blood pressure just fine. I’m sure he passed blood-pressure checking in medical school, so let’s all just calm down before my blood pressure really does go up.’
    I walk over towards Holly. ‘Your blood pressure’s up?’
    Dad walks with me. ‘We were out taking a walk on the beach and she suddenly felt a bit woozy.’
    Holly sighs. ‘It’s probably nothing. I mean, I’m the size of a whale. My knees can’t stand to hold me up any more, that’s all. They want a holiday as well. And so they dumped me on the sand.’
    This doesn’t sound good. ‘Maybe Dad’s right. Maybe we should go home.’
    Holly rests herself back down again. ‘Maybe we should all take a deep breath and wait for the doctor and seewhat he says. Humour me. Are we ready to breathe? Now, one, two, three …’ Just as we all go to take that breath, there’s another knock on the front door.
    ‘Hold that thought,’ Holly continues. ‘That’ll be him now.’
    I race over and open the front door to be greeted by someone who should, honestly, have taken over from George Clooney on ER . Right. That’s decided then. We’re definitely moving to Hawaii. Dr Meyers is old and short and bald. This Hawaiian-type doctor isn’t.
    ‘Hi, I’m Scott Reid. I think your dad’s been speaking to his wife’s obstetrician, Tom Meyers. He asked me to stop by.’
    I indicate towards the sofa where the hand is waving again. ‘I’m Nessa, Holly’s stepdaughter. Holly’s over there. My dad said she got a bit dizzy walking along the beach.’
    Carefully, Holly pushes herself up off the sofa. ‘I keep telling everyone it’s just because of my whale-like proportions. I’m actually surprised Greenpeace didn’t arrive on the scene, cover me with wet towels and try to roll me back into the ocean.’
    Starting across the room, Dr Reid pauses when he catches sight of Holly, who’s now turned to face him. Uhoh, here we go, I think to myself, assuming he hasn’t realised who he’s going to be seeing and now we’re going to have to go through the whole ‘you’re famous!’ routine.
    ‘But Dr Meyers told me you were almost thirty-six weeks?’ he says, staring at her belly.
    ‘I know, I know …’
    ‘What are you talking about? You’re tiny for thirty-five weeks! Why, I’ve got a patient at the moment who’s carrying twins. She’s much larger than you and she’s only thirty weeks.’
    Across the room, Holly’s face lights up. ‘Really?’
    Dr Reid looks up at her and smiles. ‘Really,’ he says, his eyes twinkling.
    I think it’s the twinkle that gives him away, because Holly laughs now and batts her eyelashes. ‘Oh, Dr Reid. I bet you say that to all your whale-sized twin-carrying patients.’

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