Chapter Thirteen:

Three New Little Angels:

The triplets were due at the end of March, so Amy was scheduled to go on bed rest the last week of February. So Amy and Ephram decided to use this time to go out with Hannah and Bright one more time before the blessed event occurred.

During the dinner Amy's water broke and she had to be rushed to the hospital. "Anyone sensing a theme here? We were out a dinner when Amy went into labor with the twins."

"Not funny Bright!" Hannah scolded as Ephram entered the room.

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"Maybe it's just you Bright. I can't believe that this happening again."

"Why are you out here?"

"The hospital doesn't allow unauthorized personals in an emergency c section."

"Emergency?"

"Yeah she's premature and it's triplets. Plus we were informed by your dad at the last appointment that one of the babies is in a dangerous position, so she has three strikes against her." Ephram said starting to get nervous.

"Did you call your dad and our parents?"

"Yeah, they're on their way."

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About half an hour later their parents arrived and the doctor came out to update them on Amy's condition. "Mr. Brown your wife just gave birth to three baby girls. Unfortunately she didn't make it, I'm sorry."

Andy came over to try and comfort Ephram, but he just pushed him away and left the room. Ephram couldn't be around anyone at that moment and what made it worse was turning the corner and ending up standing in front of the nursery. This was exactly where Andy found him a couple minutes later.

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"Ephram…" Andy began coming up behind him.

"Dad, I…" Ephram said as tears started to pour.

"You don't have to say anything Ephram."

"Why did this happen?" Ephram asked turning his attention to his dad.

"I don't know, but you're going to have to be strong for your kids."

"Yeah I guess. Will you come with me to do this paperwork?"

"Of course I will."

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Later that night after a bunch of paperwork, Ephram and Andy finally left the front desk. "What names did you pick?" Rose asked as they came back over to the group.

"Well Amy and I only picked first names, so I was on my own for middle names."

"You guys didn't pick out middle names?" Harold asked handing Rose a cup of coffee.

"No we had a hard time finding middle names we liked."

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"What names did you pick?"

"Alison Ames, Cassen Harper, and Kayla Julie."

"Those are pretty." Rose commented giving Ephram a smile. "They're after Amy, Irv, and your mother aren't they?"

"Yeah, I couldn't think of anything else so I just named them after family members that have passed away."

"Are you sure you don't want to hold her?" Nina asked referring to the baby in her arms. "Come on it'll make you fell better." Nina added not waiting for an answer and handing Ephram the baby she was holding.

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After holding Kayla, Ephram had a hard time blaming the babies for Amy's death.

Because of the triplets and twins crying in the middle of the night, Ephram didn't have much sleep in between bringing the babies home and Amy's funeral. It was only two days, but forty eight hours without any sleep can take it's toll. So by the time the funeral came around Ephram was sleepy, upset, cranky, and physically sick.

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"Hey how are you doing?" Andy asked as Ephram entered the church with Alison, Cassen, and Kayla.

"How do you think I'm doing?" Ephram snapped. "I'm sorry." Ephram added before heading to the bathroom.

"Can you two watch them for a minute?" Andy asked coming over to Bright and Hannah.

"Yeah, sure."

"Thanks." Andy entered the bathroom to find Ephram on the floor. "Are you feeling okay, I mean physically?" Andy asked noticing the bags under Ephram's eyes for the first time.

"Not really, I spent the entire morning throwing up." Ephram answered before getting sick again.

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After the service people were invited to the Abbotts' house to pay their respects. While he stood in his in-laws' house Ephram couldn't help, but think about all the times he and Amy shared in this house.

His reminiscing, however, was cut short by Alison crying. A moment later Kayla and Cassen joined in the crying. As Andy watched Ephram with them, he felt sorry for him. Alison, Cassen, and Kayla seemed to take turns crying whenever Ephram was at his weakest.

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"You need help Ephram?" Andy asked coming over to Ephram, who was now trying to feed all three babies at once.

"I'm going to lose it Dad. I can't handle five kids on my own."

"You're not alone Ephram, you have help."

"Thanks Dad!" Ephram said as he got up to hug him.

"Oh, you're welcome!"

"Ephram, I'm sorry." Delia said coming up behind Ephram and their dad.

"Thanks Delia."

"Who are these feisty little girls?" Delia asked referring to Ali, Cassie, and Kay.

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"They're your nieces Alison, Cassen, and Kayla."

"They're adorable and now that I have a place I'll be able to see them more."

"You have a house? Where?"

"Apartment, but it's in Denver so you'll be able to visit more often."

"I have five kids, I won't be traveling even if I wanted to."

"Five? The triplets and the twins make five and Adam makes six."

"Actually Adam died about ten months ago."

"I'm so sorry! What happened?"

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"He ended up with Timely and lost the fight."

"Hey kiddo." Andy greeted attempting to change the subject after seeing the effect the current one had on his son.

"Hey Dad. How's Lily and Lucy?" Delia asked playing along.

"Why don't you ask them yourself, their coming this way." as Andy said this two little girls with blonde hair and blue eyes walked in the room.

"Delia!" Lily and Lucy exclaimed as they ran into Delia's arms.

"Delia don't talk about Amy in front of Ephram, he doesn't like it." Lily said oblivious to the fact that Ephram was standing right there.

"Lilian Elizabeth!" Andy scolded as he fed Cassie.

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"It's okay, she's just trying to help." Ephram commented feeding Ali. It was nice to have his family at the funeral and wake because Ephram really needed the support. If only he knew just how much he'd need them afterwards.