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Stella was at the clinic for her prenatal checkup when her phone started buzzing.

She reached for it, but Ronald gently took it from her.

"Relax, babe. Let's finish up here first," he said with a soft smile.

Stella nodded. "Okay."

They both turned to the ultrasound screen as the doctor pointed something out.

"Right here you can see your little one," the doctor said.

Stella squinted at the blurry shape. "Looks bigger than last time."

At the last appointment, it was barely the size of a peanut. Now, she thought, it looked more like a golf ball.

The doctor frowned and moved the ultrasound wand around a little more.

"Huh..."

Stella's heartbeat picked up. "What's wrong?"

The doctor looked like she'd just stumbled onto a hidden treasure. She started scanning Stella's stomach more carefully, going slow.

Stella instinctively glanced at Ronald, nerves kicking in.

He squeezed her hand and traced his thumb across her palm. "It's okay," he whispered.

doctor a look that could

doctor gulped and blurted out, "Um, it looks like there are three babies."

Stella: "..."

fell

Did she just

Stella stammered, "Three?"

must have been too small to spot before, but now

tone was serious.

doctor nodded quickly. "Yes, absolutely.

she messed this up, she figured she'd probably lose

to Ronald, eyes sparkling.

This was unreal. Ronald grinned and ruffled her soft hair. "Yeah, three." Stella beamed,

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Dylan" with questions about how to take care of Stella. Only after he was satisfied did they finally hea@back

was practically

call Mom. I have to

way she could keep this to

handing her a granola bar. “I'll call her. You need to

hadn't eaten much that morning, thanks to all the bloodwork

Stella nodded obediently. "Okay."

She was starving, actually.

sent over some herbal teas to ease

dialed Lottie, who'd been busy traveling for