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lot of other cars.
    “Traffic jam, I guess,” the driver said. “We’re at a standstill here.”
    Terrific. Looking around Sam realized they were blocked in on all sides.
    Dooley turned to the other guys. “Okay, we’re stuck.”
    “Yeah, we’re not going to make it to the hospital with only one baby anyway,” Ben said calmly.
    “We’re only two miles away,” Dooley said. “We should call 9-1-1. Maybe they can get to us.”
    As if he’d conjured it, the sound of an ambulance siren suddenly pierced the air.
    Dooley looked around quickly. “You all hear that right?”
    Kevin grinned at him. “Yeah.”
    Mac leaned toward the window. “Must be more than traffic.”
    Dooley loosened his tie and pulled it off as he kissed Morgan’s cheek and got out of the car. Kevin was right behind him.
     
     
    Dooley and Kevin jogged ahead, led by the siren growing closer and came upon the accident about two hundred yards in front of the limo.
    “Anybody still inside?” Dooley asked the pickup truck driver who had a gash on his forehead but was pacing and talking on his cell phone.
    “No, it was just me and those two.” He gestured at the man and woman standing next to the car Dooley assumed was theirs. The car that the big pickup had rear-ended.
    “You okay?” Kevin asked the man, dipping his knees to look the woman in the face.
    “Yeah, I guess. Her ankle hurts.”
    “Ma’am?” Kevin asked. “Where’s it hurt?”
    “My foot jammed into the floor when he hit us.” She shot a glare over their shoulders to the truck driver behind them. “I think it’s sprained.”
    Kevin started to kneel when the ambulance came to a stop along the shoulder and two of the paramedics bailed out.
    “Hey, Dooley,” Derek Williams greeted as he took in the scene. “What are you doing here? Isn’t this your wedding day?”
    “Long story,” Dooley told him.
    “What’s going on here?”
    Kevin gave Derek and Mike a run-down of what little they knew before the guys turned to the accident victims, who seemed in much better shape than their car.
    “Hey, Conner,” Dooley called as the third member of the crew showed up.
    “Hey.” He took in Kevin and Dooley’s attire. “You bailing on the wedding? Where’s Morgan?”
    “Ha-ha,” Dooley said dryly. Conner had offered Morgan a chance to run off with a real man. More than once. He was hilarious. “We’re married, it’s official, no chance for you.”
    “Too bad.” Conner grinned. “But seriously, what’s up?”
    “We’re on our way to the hospital. Danika Bradford’s in labor in the limo back about two hundred yards.”
    Conner glanced in that direction. “No shit?”
    “No shit. So if these people don’t need you, think you could head back that way?”
    “Yeah, of course.” He craned his neck to get a look at the traffic situation. “We probably can’t get the rig back there, but we’ll bring the gurney. She okay?”
    “Already had one of the two,” Kevin said. “Baby’s doing okay. She had an APGAR of ten at one and five minutes,” he said, naming the assessment they used to determine a newborn’s immediate status after birth. A ten was a perfect score.
    “There are two coming?” Conner asked. “No way.”
    Kevin nodded. “Twin girls.”
    Conner grinned. “Sam Bradford’s having twin girls. That’s awesome.”
    Kevin and Dooley couldn’t help their grins. It really was.
    “We’ll get there,” Conner assured them. “Let me grab the gurney and me and Ryan will head back there.”
    “Great.”
    Once Kevin and Dooley were back to the limo, Kevin offered to stay outside and make sure Conner and Ryan could find them—though they were the only limo on the street. Eve climbed out to keep him company and Dooley slid in next to Morgan, just as Ben said, “Okay, Dani. Let’s get your other girl here. It’s time.”
    Dani nodded, her breathing shallow, her eyes locked on Ben, and within moments twin number two arrived in the world. They all held