Top Scorer (Mavericks Hockey #7)

Chapter 48 Ligaya

LIGAYA

Just shy of dawn, I wake up.

Not because of discomfort or the need to go to the bathroom.

My body pulls me from sleep because something is off. It takes me a second to realize the problem.

The babies aren’t moving.

I try to breathe through my panic, because surely I’ll get the usual nudge or glide. These two are relentless at reminding me of their imminent entrance into the world.

Silence has never been louder.

Stillness has never been so alarming.

I call out to my mother sleeping in the living room. She runs in, sleep worn but relatively alert.

“What is it?”

“I need to go to the hospital. Something’s wrong.”