Chapter 11-

"Do you think our baby sister's going to look like this?" Zoë asked. (They were still in the hospital; they were watching some of the babies).

"Well, she won't look exactly like any one of these, but kind of I guess."

"I know."

"Hey, what makes you think that it'll be a girl?"

"I just think that it will be."

"It's time to go girls." Their Mother said as she came up to them.

"How is everything, Mom?"

"They're going to be fine." She said wrapping her arm around Tessa and taking Zoë's hand.

"Well, what happened?"

"It was just a false alarm, but she's staying over night, just as a precaution. So we're going to go say good-night, and then we are going to go home, have dinner and go to bed too."

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The next morning Gloria came back form the hospital. By the morning after that, two full days had gone by without incident. But, again things were about to change. The doctor at the hospital had suggested a lot of physical activity, such as walking for Gloria, to reduce the likelihood of another false alarm. So, that morning Gloria, Adam and Zoë went on a walk. Zoë had brought her bike with her, as she hated to walk but loved to ride her bike.

Gloria had promised Monica that she would keep a close eye on Zoë. Zoë rode ahead of them quite a ways, but not far enough a way for Gloria to have not seen her. Suddenly Zoë turned a corner. They heard a scream. Adam raced to catch up with Zoë. He saw her sitting on the ground, her bike nowhere to be found.

"Uncle Adam!" She cried. He picked her up.

"Are you okay, Zoë?"

"I think so." She was a bit dazed.

"What happened sweetie?" Gloria asked.

"Someone knocked me off my bike and took it!"

"Are you okay?"

"My knees are scraped, that's all I think."

So Adam carried Zoë back to the house. Andrew was working, again and Tess and Tessa had gone out. Monica however, was home and she became literally hysterical upon seeing Zoë. Her knees were pretty bloody. Gloria went with Zoë to help her clean her knees and Adam went to calm Monica.

"How did that happen?"

"Someone pushed her off her bike, and took it."

"Who? Did you see?"

"No. Zoë doesn't even remember. Monica, I think you should get Zoë out of the city."

"I do to." She said, she put her head down. She suddenly looked up when the front door burst open.

"Mom! Mom! Guess what?" Tessa squealed as she burst into the living room.

"What sweetheart?"

"I'm going to be a model!"

"Congratulations," she told her as she headed upstairs. When she was out of sight, Monica gave Tess a disapproving look.

"It's her assignment, Mrs. Wings."

"It is?"

"It sure is."

"Alright, if she has to work over Christmas, then at least it's something she'll have fun with. Meanwhile, I think that we are going to leave. Someone pushed Zoë off her bike and took it."

"You're kidding?"

"No. Now because of Tessa's modeling we'll have to stay in the city."

"That's true, but Zoe will be fine, nothing horrible can happen to her, you know?"

"Yes. Oh Father, what do we do now?" She asked as she glanced heavenward.

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Monica went to bed that night without Andrew, who had been gone since early that morning. Much later that night she awoke when Andrew kissed her cheek.

"I'm sorry, I did not mean to wake you up."

"That's okay, Andre. Did you kiss the girls goodnight?"

"Of course, did they have a good day, did you?"

"Partly. Tessa's new assignment is that she is going to be a model." Andrew gave a disapproving look.

"She'll be fine, she'll have fun too."

"Okay, I can live with it now. How's little Zoe?"

"She, Gloria and Adam were walking in the park. Zoe turned a corner a few seconds before Gloria and Adam. Someone pushed her off her bike and took it. She has scraped knees, but otherwise she is fine."

"You know, all of this other stuff could just be a coincidence, but the play thing was defiantly on purpose, in addition to the bicycle thing, so maybe it's a kid!"

"Andrew, that's brilliant." She said as she threw her arms around him. He softly kissed her lips, their kiss deepened. When she pulled away, she laid her head on his chest. He put his arm around her and soon they fell asleep.