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to the car , which was parked on the sidewalk in front of the doors. He was shoved in the back with CJ.
    Austin was being handed out of the car before he could think. The guy standing there had a wheel chair and Austin started to tell him he was fine now when he was pushed out of the way and the man reached in for CJ. Before he could help she was being rushed into the hospital doors and away from him again.
    “Are you going to be this dense when the pups are born? If so, let me know now so I can get them cell phones with GPS on them. That way when you leave them somewhere , I’ll be able to track them down with it.” Austin growled at Phil. “You know , you really should get in there , alpha . Y our cubs are about to be born.”
    That got him moving. He heard someone say his name and before he could slow and see what they wanted, Phil was there. He wondered briefly what he said to the nurse , but she simply sat back down and resumed working. The three of them rushed to the elevators.
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    Phil watched the others in the room. Gordon paced, worried , he was sure , about his own mate, Alexis , who was just beginning to look ready to pop with her pregnancy. Connor sat in the corner and talked with Gordon and Alexis’ two boys, Tim and Jake. Darcy and Sis sat and colored in the books that one of the nurses had given them. The four children weren’t really Gordon’s children and only Alexis’ nieces and nephews , but one couldn’t tell by looking at them. And they all called them M om and D ad. The adoption was ready to be finalized any day now.
    Nancy Force sat quietly with her eyes closed , but he’d bet all his money that she knew where every one of the people in the room were. She even smiled once in a while , he was sure at something one of the children said.
    But Dallas looked upset. Phil had had a few minutes earlier , before everyone had shown up , to give him a heads up on the woman Theresa and her bloody mess and murder at the bar in New York. He didn’t mention Holly’s involvement as the two of them had agreed to her telling her family what she did when everyone was all together. Even with them all here, he knew that it would be much later before they got to have a family meeting now.
    When Austin came through the double doors two hours later , he looked as strange as he’d ever seen him. Walking toward him Phil was suddenly nervous. The man looked like he was going to, first kill him then eat him for dinner. When he wrapped both his beefy arms around him and almost squeezed the life out of him Phil nearly passed out.
    “Hey there , killer. Want to let me breath a bit?” Austin let him go for a few seconds only to pull him back in and hug him tighter. “You’re happy, I get it , but I have to breath e .”
    “They’re beautiful. And just like you said. My son first then my daughter. They’re…I can’t tell you how much I already love them.” Phil had an idea , but wasn’t breathing well yet , so only grunted. “You have to come see them.”
    They all moved after the two of them. Phil tried in vain to pull his arm free of the giant man , but Austin seemed determined to be in the lead. It wasn’t until they were standing before a large glassed - in room that he could see where they’d been going. And right there in the front were two babies with the name “Force” written in a bold hand. Christ , they were beautiful too.
    “That one is my son, Austin Jackson Force , and our daughter , Nancy Alexis Force . ” H e pointed to the pink little bundle next to the other one in blue. “She is going to be a daddy’s little girl.”
    Holly snorted and then grinned when Austin glared at her. “You tried that crap on me and it didn’t stick. What makes you think I’m going to let her be a girly girl or , for that matter , her mother let her be a girly girl? CJ is the coolest woman I know and she drives a big rig. That little girl is going to be as tough as nails and meaner than a snake. I’m going