For a while all four men stared at Kathani (who was still wearing Karan disguise), trying to take deep breaths after the pain passed.
It was only when she stared at them helplessly that panic of this situation finally set in. "Oh my God!" Benedict sounded scared as he looked at his brother. "Anthony, she's having her baby today! What are we going to do!"
"She can't have her baby here." Simon groaned. "How are we going to help her?"
"Anthony?" His wife's quivering voice finally snapped him out of it as he held his wife in his embrace. "Do you trust me?"
"Yes." She said immediately without any doubts.
Anthony kissed her forehead in assurance before turning to answer their worrisome questions. "Everything will be fine, guys, because Thomas and I have a plan."
Benedict and Simon frowned while Thomas sat down beside Kathani to examine her belly and then he brought her wrist close to his ears to check her pulse.
"We need to time her pains and Anthony we need to execute our plan now, before we run out of time."
"Guys! Can you please tell us what your plan is?" Simon yelled impatiently.
"It's called emergency delivery." Anthony told them as he and Dorset helped his wife onto her feet. "And we need to move now."
Even in tremendous pain Kathani was able to notice how her husband took command of this situation. "Ben! Go and bring our carriage towards south west exist because it is abandoned due to its crooked road."
As Benedict left to do as he told Thomas grabbed his medical bags while Anthony instructed Simon. "Bassett grab any extra towels and blankets you can find, we need them in case something happens before we reached the house."
"House?" Kathani finally managed to gasp. "What house?"
Her husband smirked as he informed her. "Do you really thought that I would leave anything to chance. The moment your mid wife suggest you could deliver any time between April or May, I came up with this emergency delivery plan. I have rented a house and Thomas and I read every expert doctors and surgeons books we could find on this topic."
"And I have delivered one Foal and two lambs in village to gain some expertise." Thomas added triumphantly while Simon stared at him in mixture of shock and fear. "Please tell me you do not think that makes you qualified to deliver our niece or nephew?"
Kathani looked horrified at that thought and Anthony quickly assured her wife. "Do not worry, if we move fast then our babies will be delivered by your midwife Olga."
Kathani could not believe her ears but to show her gratitude and trust on him, she kissed her husband with everything she was feeling.
Soon everything was ready as Anthony and his friends quickly helped his wife towards south east exist.
Fife has recently returned from Brothel after missing two days worth of classes. He returned through south east doors because he knew they were abandoned due to its crooked road.
He was just returning his horse to stable boy when he noticed approaching footsteps.
Fearing to be discovered by professor or someone who works for university, He hid behind stalls and then a deep frown appeared on his face. "What in the name off?!"
He watched as Bridgerton, Bassett and Dorset appeared and it seems something was wrong with Sharma because that swine was unable to walk on its own and seems to lean heavily on his friends for support.
At one point he grunted in pain and if Fife was sure his voice sounded like a woman in pain.
He watched how Bridgerton and Bassett lifted Sharma as they carried him rest of the way until they settled him in carriage.
"Benedict go ride a head of us and bring Olga to this address."
"Who the hell is Olga?" Fife muttered to himself as he watched Benedict Bridgerton ride ahead on his horse and Bridgerton, Bassett and Dorset settled inside the carriage as it left in speed.
Fife was about to follow him when stable boy return warning him a Professor is making his rounds this way.
"Fuck!" Fife angrily scowl but he left for inside because right now it is important that he would not get caught. He will dwell on what he saw later.
Anthony has rented a small town house that was situated between university and village surrounded by lake and greenery.
It was stocked with everything for Kathani and their babies needed and he was hoping once baby was born he and Kathani could live here for their last year at Oxford.
It was luck the old tenants left in March and he was able to get his hands on this house.
Thank God he is now in possession of that house because otherwise their baby was going to be born in carriage or midwife house.
"Are we there yet." His wife's ask through gritted teeth as another pain hit her.
"We are almost there." He assured her.
"We better make haste because her time of interval between pains is lessening as we speak." Thomas informed them as Simon got panicked and screamed at carriage driver. "Drive faster Peter."
The speed of carriage increases and about four more pain later they finally reached the house.
"Call the maids." Simon orders Peter, who looked flabbergasted at his masters friend. "We had no maid here sire."
"What! You idiots did not hire maids?"
"No Bassett, we cannot risk them blabbing about this house in case something like this happened." Thomas told him as he and Anthony helped Kathani down.
"Do not worry darling, Olga will be here soon and I promise Mrs Wilson is training trustworthy maids for this house.
Kathani tried to make her husband understand that she do not care about maids right now but before she could say anything..."Ah!"
The men frozen when a splashing sound reached their ears and Kathani trousers got drenched.
"Did she just relieved herself?" Simon inquires.
"Worst this means baby is coming faster then we thought." Dorset replied as he swayed on his feet.
"Get a grip Dorset! It means we have to take matters into our hands until Ben arrives with Olga."
"We!?" His friends squeak but instead of Anthony an angry voice gave them lashing. "You morons! Can we discuss this later or do you want this baby to arrive in fucking road!"
Anthony flinched but luckily his friends sprang into action as Thomas grabbed his medicine bag and towels and blankets while Bassett helped him carry Kathani inside the house.
"Ah! Ah! I swear ! I will never let you near me ever again."
Kathani screamed as they settled her inside the room and laid her on the bed.
Anthony hold his wife and silently listen her threat while changing taking off her ruined clothes and changing them into a night gown.
Thomas and Simon finally entered bringing things they need.
Thomas hesitated as he watched his friend struggling for breaths.
"Bassett go hold her from other side."
"Why do you need me?!" Simon inquires faintly.
"Because if I kill Anthony for his fertile cock, then you will be there to hold me down." She screams making Simon rushed his sister side.
Both men grimaced as Kathani squeeze the life out of their hands. "Make haste already! Get this baby out!" She cried against her husband chest as pain became unbearable for her.
"Um! I need to lift your gown to check your progress." Thomas warned.
He reached out to lift her gown but then to his surprise a huge kick hit him right on his nose.
Simon watched as his sister kicked his friend who toppled backwards while grunting in pain.
"I am sorry Thomas!" Kathani cried in shocking gasp. "No man has looked or touched me there except for Anthony."
Anthony kissed his wife tear streak face. "Its alright my love, Dorset understand but darling he is all we got."
"Imagine me as your mid wife or doctor." Thomas suggests while touching his face to feel any bruises.
"But he is not a Doctor yet!" Kathani cried harder and Simon agrees with her. "And this baby is not a foal or lamb."
Thomas glared at his friend. "Why don't you deliver this baby then?!" He snaps. "Come! Take a look."
Simon looked horrified and quickly he assured Kathani. "Thomas is in third year medicine and he is experience one among all of us."
"You can trust him my love." Anthony assured her while wiping her face with his handkerchief.
She finally realised that her friend is her only option. "All right! Just please be careful."
Thomas smiled and carefully peeked inside to examine her. "I can see the head! All right! Bridgerton, Bassett lift her upper body and Kathani on my count start pushing."
They did as instructed and Kathani braced her self as pain increases ten folds. "One, two , three. Push!"
"Ah! Ah!" She grunted and pushed when Thomas instructed her.
Anthony felt his hand bones were damaged and Basset looked in same pain but both of them endured for this woman as they motivate her to push.
"The head is out! Kathani pushed harder to get shoulder and arms out."
"You can do this my love! We are almost there!"
"Push Kathani! Push!" Simon cheered and Kathani used all her strength and pushed harder and harder until a shrill sound of cries reached her ears.
"Its a boy." Thomas announced happily as joyful tears spills from their eyes.
"Anthony, do you like to cut the cord?"
"Go!" Simon insists. "I got her."
Anthony kissed his wife face and quickly went towards his baby. "He is so beautiful."
He cut the cord with sharp scissors and Thomas quickly covered his baby in towel before placing him gently in Anthony's arms.
"My baby." Kathani cried as she watched her husband place her son into her arms.
"He looked like you Bridgerton but with Kathani's eyes." Simon says while hiding his tears as he stared the closest little human being that he already loves more than his life.
Anthony looked proudly at his healthy son and he felt falling more in love with his wife as they stared at their son. "Shall we tell him our baby name?"
"Guys." Kathani beamed at her friends as she and her husband shared a look. "Meet Edmund Simon Bridgerton your nephew and god son."
Simon and Thomas smiled weepily as they stared at their God son. "Hey little guy, you Amma is crazy to choose us." Simon says while Kathani and Anthony shake their heads.
"But we will always take care of you." Thomas added as he wiped his tears away.
It was then Kathani winced in pain. "Anthony, why I am still in pain?"
"Right." Thomas realise what he forget to do in amidst of this happiness. "Bassett you look after baby Eddy while Anthony and I help Kathani with after birth."
It was then a door open and a middle age woman stepped inside followed by a worried looking Benedict who looked shocked to see the baby.
"Who delivered the baby." The middle age midwife inquires as her eyes roam over the room until it landed on Dorset who was raising her hand.
"Good job lad! You could be a great midwife."
The woman moved him aside as Thomas stepped back while Benedict joined Simon to hold his nephew. "Alright my lady, let's get this done so we could clean you up."
The woman looked inside and then her head comically turned towards the newly turned parents. "I can see a head."
"What!"
A noise of two bodies dropping got their attention as they watched both Thomas and Simon fainting in shock.
Anthony was swaying beside Kathani when she squeeze his hand jolting him back to consciousness. "Don't you dare faint on me Bridgerton."
"This kind of things rarely happened my Lord, maybe one of you have twins running in your family."
This time Kathani cried because this surprise remained her of her brother.
"All right my lady push!"
Kathani started the painful process again but it was worth it in end as they heard another baby voice. "Another boy My Lady! My Lord! Congratulations!"
Soon their crying baby were placed into their parents arms and Olga pulls out smelling sock to wake her friends up.
Thomas and Simon gasp as Benedict informed them. "Another one is also a boy."
Kathani was now covered in blanket holding her second son as she showed him to her God Fathers.
"This is Milan after Kathani father and since you both are their godfathers, its fitting middle name for him."
Thomas gave huge smile as Bridgerton told them the name. "Meet Milan Thomas Bridgerton."
Simon did not bother to wipe his tears as he leaned down to kiss his nephews head. "Edmund, Milan, welcome to our crazy world."
Kathani laughed as she kissed her husband's face while staring at her favourite people. 'Crazy it is and I will never change a thing about it."
At night, after Kathani and the baby finally fell asleep, Anthony pulled Benedict aside. "Did anyone see you at Olga's house?" Anthony asked.
"No! No one saw me."
"Are you sure?" Simon urged.
Benedict frowned for a second before nodding his head. "I am certain no one saw me."
But while he really thought that no one noticed what Benedict did, someone did see him with Olga.
Sienna was pacing in her room as she tried to understand what business Viscount Bridgerton's brother had with their local midwife, as far as everyone knew, Viscountess did not return after Christmas.