"Oh-oh!" I think it's starting!" Bobili shooed everybody out and got Alice into position. Everything was ready. Alice had a healthy, strong uterus and it only took an hour but to her it was the adventure of a lifetime. Bobili assisted and Gabe delivered the child, a bouncing, perfectly normal boy.
Alice suddenly became very sad because he would soon be leaving her.
The next day, after Alice had rested, everyone came to visit and to celebrate. Alice was propped up in bed, wearing just a blue silk pajama top that buttoned down the front. The thin sheet and covers outlined her hips and legs. In spite of the fact that she had just given birth, she looked as sexy and delicious as ever. Cigars and champagne were passed around. Curt, Gabe, Bobili, and the guards all gathered around to admire the baby. Bill had brought a teddy bear and Manuel had brought a baby rattle.
Boboli, as the only obstetric nurse taking care of Alice, was exhausted. She had been working flat out for a week to get ready, sleeping at the hospital when she wasn't running errands and getting medical supplies. Everything was focused on preparations for Alice's delivery and she was doing nothing else. Even sex was put on hold. She had even run out of birth control pills but had had no time to get the prescription refilled. Curt would just have to take me in the ass for a while until I get around to it, she thought. Now she was basking in the successful delivery and a feeling of relief that all had gone well.
Alice opened the pajama top and nursed the baby in front of her friends without a second thought to cover herself. She was still feeling detached and distracted. She was glad that the birth had gone well and that the baby boy was fine but her heart was sad. The idea that the boy would soon be leaving her weighed heavily on her mind. They all knew it and sympathized with her.
At about that moment, Roelf walked in. Nobody had expected him. His face was grim. His jaw was set.
For a moment, seeing those cold eyes again after several weeks, Alice felt an old twinge of fear. For a brief, fleeting moment, she thought that Roelf had come to bone her today, of all days, with her vagina sore and swollen and healing.
"I've got important news." Roelf was obviously in a hurry.
"Roelf, look," Gabe said. "We're kind of in the middle of a difficult situation here. Alice just had the baby and now we're helping her deal with losing him to Mr. Numbnuts. Can it wait a while?"
Roelf didn't blink. "No it cannot. The man you call Mr. Numbnuts is dead."
"What?" Everyone gasped. Alice looked like an abandoned soul. Bobili turned white. Gabe and Curt just stared. Finally Gabe said "You mean we were too late? His disease got him sooner than he thought?"