Chapter 28
"I'm sorry, what did you just say?" Patrick was praying he had heard wrong.
"My water…" Robin was interrupted by another contraction and fell back against the wall of the elevator. "They're coming so fast."
Patrick grabbed the phone off the wall once more. "We have a woman in labor. Get OB ready and have Dr. Lee paged stat. We will need to get her to labor and delivery as soon as we get out of here."
He kneeled down next to Robin. "It's going to be okay."
"No it's not." Another contraction hit Robin. "This baby isn't going to wait for the elevator to be fixed. It's coming now!"
Patrick took a deep breath and moved to where he could examine her. He smiled at Robin. "I need to see how far dilated you are – is that okay?"
Robin nodded her head and began doing her breathing exercises. "I trust you Patrick but…"
Patrick pulled a pair of gloves out of his lab coat and put them on. "You should know by now that I am always prepared for any occasion. I was a Boy Scout after all."
"Patrick Drake, you have been many things in your life but Boy Scout is not one of them." Robin cried out again as another contraction hit her hard. "This is happening too fast. We had hours with Emma."
"This one is apparently a little impatient. Set their mind to something and decided to get it done. Sounds just like their mom to me." Patrick did a quick exam of Robin and shook his head. "Robin, the baby is coming. Have you been having any pains – I'm no OB but I think you may have been in labor for a while."
"My back is been hurting for the past few days and I had some indigestion pains earlier today but…"
"My guess is that you have been in mild labor for days now and the baby is done playing around." Patrick smiled at her. "Robin, the baby is crowning – you need to push."
Panic and fear overwhelmed Robin. "I can't give birth in an elevator."
"Well, you can and you will." Patrick could see how scared she was so he reached over and took her hand in his. "Robin, I promise you that I will not let anything happen to you or your child."
Tears filled her eyes as another contraction wracked her body with pain. Patrick took off his lab coat and set it on the ground so he could wrap the baby up in it after it was born. He had a pair of trauma scissors in the pocket and pulled them out so he could cut the umbilical cord. He turned to Robin and nodded. "It's time Robin – push."
Georgie and Maxie heard a commotion coming from the elevators and walked over to see what was going on. Georgie grabbed a nurse. "Is the elevator stuck again?"
The nurse recognized the young volunteer. "Yeah and get this, Dr. Scorpio and Dr. Drake are in there. She went into labor and he may be delivering the baby as we speak."
"Robin!" Maxie immediately pulled out her phone. "Mac, you need to get to the hospital immediately. Robin is having the baby." She shook her head. "I can't tell you anything because she and Patrick are trapped in an elevator and she is having it there." She paused while she listened to her father's answer. "Okay, we'll see you soon."
"Is Mac on his way?" Georgie hoped that Robin could hold on until they could get her to labor and delivery.
"Yes and he is calling Robert and Anna. He also said we need to call Nikolas." Maxie didn't even try to hide her disdain. Over the past six months she had become more and more convinced that Robin's marriage was a huge mistake. Nikolas was always trying to keep Robin at Wyndamere, away from her family. It didn't work but it was suspicious.
"I'll do it." Georgie shared her sister's suspicions regarding Nikolas but was much better at hiding it.
"Fine." Maxie took a few steps away as Georgie made the call. She watched the elevator intently. "They are going to be okay – they have to be."
"Push Robin." Patrick smiled at his ex-wife. "I can see the top of their head so this won't take long. Just a few more minutes and you will be holding your baby."
Robin took a deep breath and pushed with all her might until Patrick told her to stop. "Is something wrong?"
A cry filled the air. "No, the head is out but I want to make sure I am in a better position for the rest of the delivery. Okay, push."
Robin pushed again as the baby continued to cry, the sweetest sound she had ever heard. Within a minute, it was over. "She's here Robin!" Patrick cut the umbilical cord and wrapped the little girl up in his coat. "You have a beautiful and loud baby girl."
He handed the baby over to her mom as Robin cried happily. "You're here."
Patrick studied the little girl. "She looks exactly like you Robin."
Robin gazed lovingly at the little girl lying in her arms and had to agree. Inside she gave a private thank you to God that this had been her child she was carrying – it had crossed her mind that Helena might have had someone else's child implanted in her. "Yes she does."
"Does she have a name?"
Robin smiled at her ex-husband. "Hope. Her name is Hope."
