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hand away, Jackie caught that elusive scent again. Without thinking, Jackie snatched Kaylie’s hand and stuck her nose in Kaylie’s right wrist, sniffing for confirmation.
    “Ah, Jackie?” Kaylie asked sounding confused.
    Oh. Wow. Kaylie was pregnant!
    “Oh. My. God.”
    Kaylie quickly hushed her, looking frantically over her shoulder.
    “Dean doesn’t know yet.”
    Jackie gaped. “How could he not know?”
    Kaylie shrugged her shoulders. “Remember, he’s been super busy.
    He’s got a lot on his mind and when we do get together. Well.” Jackie grinned, so happy she wanted to burst. Her Alpha was going to be a dad. “When you do get together, you have wild monkey sex.” Behind the blush, Jackie saw the dreamy look in Kaylie’s face and sighed. But still. “You need to tell him soon. If I can scent it on you, and my nose isn’t nearly as sensitive as the males, half the town will know before he does.”
    “I know. It’s just.” Kaylie looked disgruntled. “He’ll tell me I have to cut back my hours at work and stop playing softball and then I’ll get fat.”
    Jackie smirked. “Honey. You’re pregnant. You’re supposed to get fat.”
    Kaylie flopped on her back and put her hands on her tummy.
    “Maybe some fat, but my metabolism isn’t the same as his. I’m afraid I’ll gain too much and everyone will wonder what a hot guy like Dean is doing with a slob like me.”
    Now that was a shocker. “I may not be an expert on relationships, but maybe he’d stay because he adores the ground you walk on. The man loves you so much that it’s near nauseating to see, and yet so sweet at the same time. You’re his mate and now you’re carrying his child. He’ll stay with you because you know all his flaws and love him anyway. Because you’re smart and funny and beautiful. Because he couldn’t live without you. Because—”
    Chuckling, Kaylie raised her hand. “All right, I get it.” Jackie rolled on her back and closed her eyes. “Here’s something else to think about, Doctor Dolittle. That baby in your belly carries Dean’s DNA. You might very well be able to eat like a pig and gain little more than baby weight.”
    “Really?” The gasp of wonderment brought a sense of joy to Jackie. Not only was she thrilled at the baby news, this brief time spent alone with Kaylie was what she needed. Female companionship.
    Jackie wasn’t sure how long they lay silent, their thoughts their own, when Kaylie asked a question. “You want to tell me just how often you treat shifters in your home?”
    Jackie’s eyes popped open. “Not really.”
    “Oh come on, Jackie. I may be human, but I’m not blind. Nobody goes to that much trouble and expense to furnish an exam room unless it’s going to be used, and often.”
    While Jackie might evade most people, and had, she couldn’t ignore a direct question from her Lupa. Besides, she didn’t want to alienate a friend. “A couple.”
    Blatant disbelief spilled over Kaylie’s face. “A couple?” Jackie cleared her throat. “Or more. It’s just that many of the shifters, especially the older ones, are uncomfortable going to the clinic. If they didn’t come to my home they wouldn’t see a doctor at all. And while shifters are resilient creatures, they still get colds, rashes, bug bites and now evidently, bullet wounds. Besides, the clinic knows what I’m doing.
    Services I do at home are appropriately recorded and monies are paid to the clinic.”
    Kaylie’s lip curled. “I’m not passing judgment on your ethics, Jackie. I’m making a complaint about the size of your exam room.” Not at all what Jackie expected. “Huh?”
    Kaylie sighed. “Since shifters have a pack mentality, they tend to go places in groups. After you stuff everything you need in that bedroom, you might be able to squeeze in four people, and that’s if you don’t want anyone to move. Ergo…”
    “Ergo?” Jackie’s lips twitched.
    “Ergo, you probably have more shifters milling