Chapter 14

Saturday, August 17th, 1985

Kamili let herself into Sandra's house, immediately greeted by the dogs. Reaching down to pet them both for a little bit, she then walked through the building, heading towards Sandra's bedroom, pulling the door open to find her friend peacefully sleeping in the large bed. She had been a bit worried about her as Sandra told her that she had been having some nightmares since being hit over the head and Kamili had decided to just make sure it wasn't too bad. Walking up to the bed now she sat down, pulling a gentle hand through Sandra's hair, which was placed in a bun on top of her head. Sandra squirmed a little but remained sleeping, relaxed and calm.

Kamili turned her head around as she heard the front door open again and waiting for a moment, she soon saw Janet's face peeking in through the bedroom door.

"Hey. She alright?" Janet whispered, smiling gently as she saw her friends in the bed.

"Hey, appears that way, she's sleeping peacefully at least, no nightmares." Kamili said quietly as to not wake Sandra, getting to her feet and walking out of the bedroom, coming up to Janet, the two of them walking to the kitchen, passing Janet's car seat with a sleeping Benjamin inside of it.

"Did you eat?"

"No." Janet said. "I figured we'd have breakfast here."

"I'm going to see if there's enough in Sandra's fridge to make pancakes." Kamili smiled, knowing very well that Sandra loved her pancakes.

"I'll take the dogs for a walk. Do you mind keeping an eye on Benji in the meantime?"

"Of course, not a problem."

Janet smiled as she gathered the leashes and dogs together, heading out, as Kamili moved about in the kitchen, picking stuff out from the fridge and freezer, beginning to whip up the pancake mixture, making American blueberry pancakes for them all. Almost finished, she could hear the little boy crying, and she removed the pan from the stove before walking out to the boy, picking him up into her arms and rocking him, they boy happy again as he realized he wasn't all alone.

Kamili rocked the boy on her shoulder, snoozing and inhaling the lovely baby scent, her maternal feelings exploding inside of her. She missed having a little baby and she hoped that she would get a second chance one day. She had been in such a bad mindset when Yasmin was born that she had pretty much missed out on the whole baby years, having Morgan shouldering that part like the perfect parent as she had roamed the streets doing stupid things before being sent off to Vietnam. Sure, she had found her way back to her family and Yasmin didn't remember being abandoned by her mother at that age, but Kamili would forever remember it. Morgan had forgiven her of course, but Kamili would always regret missing Yasmin's first years. She hoped that one day she might be able to get that second chance of feeling a newborn child in her arms and making up for all that time that she missed out on the first time around. At least she got to spend time with this little baby boy now, his dark brown eyes very similar to his father's, but he had definitely inherited his mother's pale white skin and her pitch-black hair, right now just a small patch standing right up on his head. Kamili was so excited to see what this little boy would grow up to be one day and she truly hoped that she would be fortunate enough to be there for the whole journey.

She had been there as Benjamin was born, Janet calling her, voice calm but Kamili knowing Janet well enough to tell that something was going on.

"Diallo."

"Hey, Kam, it's me."

"Hi Janet." Kamili smiled down the phone upon hearing her friend's voice.

"I need to ask you for a favor."

"Okay?" Kamili said, trying to distinguish what was going on. She could tell that Janet's voice was strained but she sounded calm enough for it to not be something to panic over.

"Can you meet me at GW?"

Janet mentioning GW, their nickname for George Washington University Hospital, immediately had Kamili on edge, getting to her feet.

"What's the matter? Are you okay?"

"I'm pretty sure I'm having a baby." Janet said, so calm that it had begun freaking Kamili out. "I know I haven't asked you 'cause I figured it would be fine, but Devin is going nuts and-"

Kamili held her breath as she could hear Janet inhale sharply in the other end of the phone, groaning slightly for a short while before returning to the phone, exhaling loudly before continuing.

"I- I need you here. Could you come, would you be with me? You're a mother, you've done it before, but I totally get it if you don't-"

"Janet, honey, I'm on my way. I'll be right down."

"Thanks."

Kamili hung up the phone, hurrying into the living room where Morgan and Yasmin were sitting, watching the morning kids show.

"Hey, Janet is having her baby. I'm going to go there and help her out, is it okay if I leave you guys? It might be a while."

"Of course! Give Janet our love." Morgan smiled widely, Kamili taking a step in to give him a peck on the lips before heading off to the hospital.

Coming into Janet's room, she quickly realized that Devin was not the calm and collected man that he normally was. He was pacing down the room, biting his knuckles, while Janet was sitting up in the bed, looking at him tiredly.

"Dev, take a break." Janet sighed as Kamili entered. "Go outside for a while, cool off, get some air. Kamili will keep me company."

Devin nodded, eyes bewildered as he met Kamili, before disappearing out of the room. Kamili grinned as she walked up to the bed, Janet rolling her eyes.

"Men."

"He looks like he needs a sedative." Kamili giggled, reaching her friend, putting her hand on Janet's shoulder. "How are you doing?"

"I'm alright. Thanks for coming."

"Of course I'll be here, don't even consider it. I'll help you the whole way, it will be alright."

Janet nodding, her eyes closing and her teeth clenching as an incoming contraction washed over her. Kamili squeezed her shoulder, letting her know she was there until it faded out.

"Can you imagine, by the end of the day you'll finally have your Benjamin." Kamili smiled as she gently rubbed Janet's collarbone with her thumb. "How close are the contractions?"

"About every 7th minute." Janet panted, working on catching her breath.

Kamili nodded, observing Janet as she noticed the tears in the corners of her eyes, her nose slightly twitching. Reaching down she put both hands on Janet's shoulders, leaning down to meet her face. "Hey, what's the matter?"

"I wish Sandra could be here as well." Janet whispered. "I really need her."

"Let's call her. Maybe just hearing her voice can help you out a bit?"

Janet nodded, but then changed her mind and shook her head. "We promised not to call."

"But this is a bit of a different situation. She would want us to call." Kamili said, her heart aching as she watched Janet. Making up her mind, she pulled the phone close and picked up a business card from her wallet, not having memorized the long, foreign number by heart. It took her a while, being transferred through the lines, and comforting Janet through more contractions while being passed around in the phone, but soon she finally heard Sandra's voice through the phone line.

"Tromsø-politiet, dette er Sandra, hvordan kan jeg hjelpe deg?"

"Sandra, is that you?"

"Kammy!"

Kamili smiled upon hearing how happy Sandra sounded, worried that she might be upset as they had promised not to call.

"Hey! How are you doing?"

"I'm alright, how are you?"

"I'm all good. I'm sorry for calling you, I know you said-"

"It's alright, what's going on Kam? Is Janet alright?"

"Janet is having her baby."

"Oh!"

"And she kinda needed to hear your voice. Is that alright?"

"Put her on."

Kamili handed the phone to Janet, Janet taking it and instantly broke out sobbing.

"Sandra, I miss you."

Kamili stayed next to Janet as she spoke to Sandra, the two friends talking for quite some time, Kamili coaching Janet as she had to take breaks as the contractions interrupted their call. Soon Kamili realized that Janet was in too much pain, the contractions coming a lot closer, and she pried the phone from Janet's hand.

"Hey, Sandra, I think we need to end this call now." Kamili said, brushing Janet's back as Janet fought through another contraction. "It's getting close, I'm going to call for Elizabeth and have her look her over."

"Call me when it's over, okay? No matter what, I need to know that she is alright. Damn, I wish I could be there!"

"We wish you were here too, but don't worry, I won't leave her side. I'll call you later. Love you honey."

"Love you too."

Kamili smiled as she returned to the present, the little boy wriggling in her arms. As Kamili had hung up the phone that day, calling in the midwife, it had not been many hours until Kamili placed the little boy on Janet's heaving, sweaty chest, Janet pushing through like the warrior she had always been. It had been a fairly easy delivery as Benjamin had been so tiny, just short of 7 lbs., born 5 days early, and Janet and Devin had spent many hours feeding him, both breastfeeding and with the bottle, and he had gained a lot of weight to be the chubby little baby he was now. Kamili giggled as well when she remembered how Devin had missed the whole delivery as he had gotten lost and then accidentally locked himself into the bathroom. Janet had been rather pleased as she got the calm, collected and coaching Kamili instead of the walking nervous breakdown. They had called Sandra again afterwards, letting her know that everything had gone well.

Kamili rocked the baby on her arm as she walked back into the kitchen, setting the table and taking out everything they needed while still keeping Benjamin on her arm, talking to him with a baby voice. Janet soon returned into the house with the dogs jumping around in joy, smiling as she saw Kamili with her son.

"Would you look at the two of you." Janet smiled, her head tilting as she observed them, Kamili turning to smile happily to her, Benjamin's face lighting up as he saw his mother, then instantly beginning to cry as he'd much rather be with her instead. Kamili and Janet giggled as Janet moved in and took him in her arms, the boy happy again as he came close to his mother.

"Playing favorites." Kamili grinned, finishing up, sitting down by the ready table. Janet grinned, sitting down by the table as well, having the boy against her shoulder, Benjamin threading on her thigh.

"Well, hello people who don't live here."

Janet and Kamili giggled happily as Sandra walked out into the kitchen, dressed in an oversized t-shirt and hotpants, glasses on her nose and hair in a bun on top of her head, her normal bed attire.

"I walked your dogs." Janet smiled as Sandra leaned down to pet the two dogs.

"I made you pancakes." Kamili smiled innocently, tilting her head.

Sandra's eyes popped open as she sat down at the table, pouring maple syrup over her pancakes happily digging in while Kamili passed her a cup of coffee. Sandra finished three whole pancakes before leaning back.

"What are the two of you doing here?"

"Checking up on you of course." Kamili smiled, Sandra rolling her eyes.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I'm fine?"

"We know you are. We're checking anyway."

"And keeping you company." Janet smiled. "Benji told me he wanted to go see you."

"Did he really?"

"Sure did. Maybe not with so many words but he definitely told me."

Sandra grinned as she reached over and picked up the boy from Janet's arms, placing him on his bum in her lap, letting him lean back towards her stomach.

"How did we get a little boy into this group of girls?"

"He's going to be so spoiled. So many women who loves him."

"We'll teach him everything we know."

"Not everything." Janet said, her eyes wide, as Kamili and Sandra laughed.

"No, maybe not everything." Kamili agreed, Sandra nodding as well. "But I am so excited to see what all our little children will grow up and become."

"Well, Yasmin will be a pilot." Janet said, giving Kamili a knowing look. "Give her a year or two and she'll be big enough for me to take her up flying."

"Oh dear, my poor heart." Kamili said, pretending to look faint. "The day she starts flying is the day I'll have another heart attack."

"Don't you dare." Sandra smiled, reaching over to brush Kamili's lower arm, Kamili smiling, patting her hand.

"It's safer to fly than to drive a car."

"Yeah, you keep telling yourself that." Kamili said, shaking her head. "You guys both know how much I like airplanes."

"We both know how Kelly accidentally slips you sleeping pills before boarding." Janet giggled, rolling her eyes.

"Wait what?"

"Don't tell us that you didn't know that?" Janet laughed, turning to Kamili. "You're supposed to be a detective."

Kamili sat back, her mind obviously thinking back at the times they had been flying together, a look of revelation on her face as she realized why she had been sleeping so well on the last flights. Sandra and Janet grinned as they watched her reaction to what they had just told her. Smiling, Sandra kept the conversation going.

"Do you think Ella will follow Aurore's tracks? She does spend a lot of time in the kitchen."

"Perhaps, as long as she keeps enjoying it." Janet smiled. "She would make a good little chef."

"Sarah told me the other day that she will be a princess. In this day and age, who knows."

"Jill told me she used to date a prince. At least she has connections."

"Why am I not the least bit surprised by that?" Kamili laughed. "Of course she dated a prince, it's Jill after all."

Sandra laughed. "True. Jill told me that she was visiting for Charlie's birthday, she was out shopping with Kelly and was picked up by a prince."

"Of course, of course she would be the one picked up by a prince." Janet laughed. "I mean, Kelly is one of the most beautiful women in the world and then Jill comes along. I always liked my looks but standing next to them make me feel like an ogre."

The trio laughed, knowing exactly what she meant.

"Kelly, Kris and Jill all said that the prince was so handsome, but I've seen pictures, and maybe he looks better in real life than those but hey, he's a prince so who cares. Anyway, they ended up having to save his life as someone tried to kill him."

"Of course, why does everything always turn into a case?" Janet sighed, rolling her eyes.

"I don't know. All angels, past and present, seem to attract trouble."

The trio laughed and continued talking for a while, just enjoying each other's company, sitting around the table reminiscing about old times and fantasizing about what the future might have in store for them. They talked about possibly going down to Georgia and Janet thought it sounded like a great idea, knowing Devin had been talking a lot about visiting his family down there as well. Moving into the living room Janet fed Benjamin while Sandra re-braided Kamili's hair, getting the afro mohawk back in place while turning on a movie to watch.

In another part of town, Kelly and Kris was walking out and about. They had Jessica and Jacob with them, Jessica holding Kris's hand and Jacob holding Kelly's, as usual. Sarah held Kelly's other hand while Ella was walking a bit ahead of them together with Peggy.

"Mommy, hurry!" Jessica whined, pulling Kris along, Kris giggling and pulling her back.

"Take it easy sweetie, we're almost there."

"Mommy I wanna see the lions!"

"Of course. Of course you want to see the lions." Kris sighed, rolling her eyes. "What about the monkeys, the Mongolian horses, the pandas?"

"No, lions!"

"Peggy, there are lions, right?" Kris asked, talking a bit loud so Peggy could hear her.

Peggy turned around, walking backwards with her massive hair bouncing off her shoulders.

"There are. We have the Great Cats on Lion and Tiger Hill."

Jessica's eyes were wide, sparkling with excitement as Peggy spoke, bouncing next to Kris, pulling at her arm.

"Hurry!"

"They will still be there in ten minutes." Kris laughed.

"Kelly, I see panda." Jacob nodded, looking up at Kelly and she smiled gently down to him.

"We're going to see as many animals we have time to." Kelly smiled, looking down at the boy holding her hand, turning to Sarah. "What do you want to see?"

"Fluffy!"

The gang all followed Peggy down the road. They were in Northwest Washington D.C., heading towards the Rock Creek Park, which is a part of the Smithsonian National Zoo, which also just happened to be where Peggy worked along her studies to become a veterinarian.

"Peggy, can we meet Fluffy?" Sarah asked, Peggy turning again, smiling.

"Of course you can meet Fluffy. He is doing great with his girls. I'll take you inside to meet him."

"Yay!" Sarah bounced, excited to meet their iguana again.

Peggy showed them in, coming up to Taft Bridge where Jessica started bouncing again, pointing.

"Lions!"

"Those are the Perry Lions." Peggy smiled. "The four lions guard the bridge, two on each end of the bridge. They have been here since 1907."

"Why are they called Perry Lions?" Kris asked, curious.

"Oh, because they were designed and sculpted by a man named Roland Hinton Perry."

The day proceeded with both kids and adults enjoying themselves. Peggy showed them around, took them into the backspaces and told them facts that no one actually listened to. She was so excited to show them around and show them what she did whenever she was here, Peggy not being assigned to any particular animals as the plan for her future was to become a zoo veterinarian, not an animal keeper. She needed to get acquainted with all the animals and learn all of their behaviors, but having been studying them since being very young, she was doing a good job.

She took them around, showing them the lions, the Giant Pandas, and of course allowed them all into the enclosure to meet Fluffy. The adults all sat down, the kids sitting in their laps, except Ella who was sitting next to Kelly while Peggy scooted off in the enclose, trying to get Fluffy to move in the right direction. It didn't take long before they noticed the 5-foot Grand Cayman iguana move towards them, and Kelly couldn't help but to laugh at herself as she could feel the tears burn in her eyes as she watched the massive animal move towards them with determined steps. She wasn't sure if iguanas could recognize or remember people, but it sure appeared to be that way as he made his way over to them, Kelly having to move both Sarah and Jacob out of the way as Fluffy just continued up into her lap, settling, licking her hand, closing the eye closest to Kelly, just like he used to do when he was just a baby and Kelly had him in his lap during the evenings as they watched TV. Kelly never understood how she had gotten a reptile as a pet, but some things are just not worth digging deeper into.

"Oh Fluffy." Kelly laughed, leaning down to hug the massive, 25 pounds heavy animal.

The kids and Kris all gathered around them, happily and carefully petting Fluffy for as long as he allowed them too, then all of a sudden it appeared that he was finished, as he just crawled along, down from Kelly's lap and off to his ladies in the enclosure.

Peggy smiled as she leaned down and hugged Kelly from behind.

"He remembered ya! That's just too sweet!"

"He looks really good." Kelly smiled, looking up at Peggy.

"Oh yeah, he's fit as a fiddle, ya know." Peggy smiled, still hugging Kelly. "He's happy here."

"That makes me happy too."

"Ya know, there are more animals that need some love and-"

"You are not bringing any more wild animals into my home."

"Oh, alrighty then." Peggy grinned, letting go of Kelly. Kelly rolled her eyes, just knowing that there would absolutely be more wild animals in her home in the upcoming future, of that she was sure. Now she got to her feet, pulling Kris up and taking the kids hands as they moved out of the area, Peggy closing behind them.

"Where are we off to now?" Ella asked, curious as she followed Peggy around.

"I don't know, where do you want to go?"

"Dinner!" Jessica called out, bouncing around her mother again.

"It's too early for dinner, but we might find you some cotton candy." Peggy smiled, Jessica exploding with excitement, Kris rolling her eyes.

"Great Peggy, sugar is just what she needs."

"How was I to know?" Peggy laughed, leaning down and grabbing a hold of Jessica, putting her on her shoulders, galloping around pretending to be a horse while Jessica laughed out loud.

"Did both kids actually fall asleep?" Kelly asked, eyes wide as Kris entered the living room.

"Yeah, on top of Peggy."

"Is Peggy asleep as well?"

"Yeah. In my bed."

Kelly giggled, having some cheese on a cracker from the platter on the living room table.

"Good luck getting her out of there now. You probably have to sleep on the couch or come over to our guestroom. Or take Peggy's bed."

"That's fine. I'll happily take the couch if Peggy takes the kids from me once in a while. They are a handful."

"They are. But you're doing such a great job with them. They are becoming some fantastic little people."

"Thanks. They've had a lot of great people around them to help raise them." Kris smiled, nudging Kelly's arm. "I'll forever be grateful to you for saving me and saving them."

Kelly stretched, wrapping her arm around Kris' shoulder.

"And I saved myself in the process as well."

"You do have the biggest heart I know."

Kelly didn't answer, instead she just put her head towards Kris', actions louder than words. Kelly felt so grateful to have her Kris back. She was not the same girl that Kelly had once gotten to know in Los Angeles, the young girl with pigtails and braces, nervous and giggly as she had been introduced to Jill's best friends. Today Kris was a woman who had endured love and heartbreak, and it had made her to the strong agent she was today. Kelly was so proud over Kris and she was so happy that she had been able to see Kris' journey, following her every step of the way, helping her along. She had grown so much just during the first years of being an angel, and Kelly couldn't help but to smile as she remembered the nervous girl who roared into the office only to find out that Charlie had been kidnapped. She had certainly grown since.

"I have something to tell you by the way."

Kelly lifted her head, looking down to meet Kris' eyes, Kris smiling as she looked up at Kelly.

"Do you remember why I moved to Washington?"

"To join the FBI?"

"Yeah. More precisely, I had gotten a job offer from the BAU."

"Oh right, the Behavior Analysis Unit."

"Yeah. I went there, but then transferred to Tommy's team as I arrived. But now, the FBI Supervisory Special Agent Douglas Roberts want me to join the new NCAVC."

"The what?"

"The NCAVC. National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. It's going to replace the unit formerly called BSISU, the behavioral science investigative support unit, and the plan is that the NCAVC will be working with behavioral-based investigations, support, research and training to federal, state, local and even international law enforcement agencies. "

"That sounds really interesting. I'm sure you will love it; you always did find the behavioral studies interesting."

"Yeah. I'll transfer over by the end of the month. I'm really excited."

"I'm so happy for you. Does that also mean that you won't be working in the field?" Kelly asked.

"Yeah, my field days are over, but I'm not sad about that, I think this will suit me better." Kris smiled, Kelly nodding, squeezing Kris' shoulders again.

"What's going on?" Jill said as she walked into the room, but stopped instantly, her nose going into the air. "What's that smell?"

"Cheese." Kris said, looking over her shoulder while lifting the cheese platter a bit, showing it to her sister.

"I'm going to hurl." Jill whispered, her hand going to her mouth, twirling around and hurrying off to the bathroom.

Both Kelly and Kris sighed loudly, feeling sorry for Jill, looking at each other before Kris nodded, getting to her feet and following her sister into the bathroom as Aurore walked inside.

"Hey sweetie. What happened to Jill?"

Kelly just held up the cheese platter for Aurore to see, and she shook her head, sighing.

"Poor Jill. Her favorite cheese and all. Let's eat it so she doesn't get sick again."

Kelly giggled as Aurore took a big chunk of cheese and stuffed it into her mouth, smiling happily while chewing it down. Kelly followed her example, putting a big piece into her mouth as well, the two of the leaning back chewing for a moment. Swallowing down, Kelly turned to Aurore, both of them leaning with their elbows against the backrest of the couch, looking at each other.

"How did everything go at the zoo?"

"Oh just fine. We got to meet Fluffy, he crawled up into my lap."

"You're kidding."

"No, it was awesome. He looked really happy."

"I can't believe you fell in love with that lizard."

"Me neither." Kelly laughed. "But it's nice to see that he's doing good. Peggy showed us around, showing us all the animals and the grounds. It's a nice place, I can see why she likes it over there."

"It fits her perfectly. Where is she now?"

"She and the twins are napping in Kris' room."

"Ella and Sarah?"

"Ella is home alone, Sarah went to the Diallo's for a sleepover."

"I just love that Sarah and Yasmin are becoming such great friends."

"Me too." Kelly smiled. She still remembered the first time those girls had met on Sarah's birthday almost three years ago. They had become great friends with the same interest in all things pink, ballet and dolls and Kelly was excited to see the two of them grow up alongside each other, turning into beautiful little women.

Aurore grabbed another piece of cheese from the platter, Kelly smiling as she observed her partner for a moment, loving to see her kick back a bit.

"How did everything go at the restaurant?"

"Oh just fine. Going through the books and finances, making sure it all looks good, which it does. Jill is getting really good at all that bookwork, leaning from the accountant. She's even thinking about going back to school to learn more."

"Oh, really? I guess she needs to grow up at some point as well." Kelly laughed, just as Kris and Jill came back into the living room. Kelly hurried to put the last pieces of the cheese into her mouth, taking the cheese platter out into the kitchen, coming back to sit next to Aurore as Kris and Jill took the armchairs.

"Aurore told me you're considering going back to school?"

"Yeah." Jill said, taking the blanket that Aurore handed her, wrapping herself in it, leaning her head against the back of the armchair. "I've considered it at least; I do need a new career and I want to learn how to properly invest my money and do good with them. Becoming an accountant I could help Aurore out on that front and maybe invest in other companies as well."

"I think that sounds like a good idea." Kelly smiled. "It would be good for you to get something to do."

"Yeah, it will have to wait for a bit though. It's too late to apply right now and I think I might be a bit busy come spring."

"You might be, yes."

"If I survive till spring. I still think they are trying to kill me." Jill whispered, closing her eyes while pulling the blanket higher up.

"You're not doing too good." Kelly stated, her heart twitching a bit as she just hated seeing her friend feeling so sick as she was.

Jill shook her head, eyes still closed, just breathing with her face into the blanket. The four women sat quiet for a while, just observing Jill as she drifted off to sleep, face pale and body tired. After several minutes, Aurore stretched her back a little, looking between Kelly and Kris.

"Did you guys eat dinner?"

"No, we were talking earlier about reheating that lasagna you did but we ended up just eating the cheese." Kris smiled; a bit embarrassed.

"Are you hungry?"

"I could eat." Kris smiled widely, hoping that Aurore had brought food with her from the restaurant as she often did.

"I did bring some salmon home."

"Sounds good to me." Kelly smiled, Kris nodding along, looking up at Jill.

"We need to see if we can get her to eat as well. Everything is just making her sick, but we need to help her."

"I did get lunch into her earlier today which she enjoyed and got to keep." Aurore said, a wicked grin spreading across her face with made both Kris and Kelly raise an eyebrow.

"What did you serve her?"

"Banana split."

Both Kris and Kelly laughed, keeping it quiet not to wake Jill again, both of them shaking their heads as Aurore grinned proudly.

"What, she can eat whatever from my kitchen as long as she keeps it down. If the pregnant, sick woman wants banana and ice cream for lunch, that is what I will serve her. She even had double portions."

"Well, I think we found a tactic. Desserts it is." Kris smiled, nodding, the other two agreeing with her, all three of them silently agreeing that they would do everything in their power to make sure that Jill got through this pregnancy.