Which I did for a further hour before a tired-looking doctor came to find me."Mr. Pearson? Your wife ... the good news is that she appears not to be i...n immediate danger, and the baby seems not to be distressed. However ... what do you know about the placenta?" As far as I know, it's the interface between mother and baby; the way the baby is nourished in the womb." That's pretty well it. Now, sometimes, the placenta separates partly or wholly from the wall of the uterus – the womb. We call that. My black purse was filled to the brim with tissues.My mind was spinning. I could hardly grasp what had happened.Mike wouldn't let himself believe it. Jackie was in denial. But somehow, seeing that coffin was more than we could bear. The wake had been the night before, we had all cried even more. Seeing our beautiful Kaitlin alone there, sleeping quietly.A never ending sleep, where she wouldn't wake up the next morning and smile to Mike who was sleeping next to her.A never ending sleep where she. I had Jim Armorer outfit him as well as he could with what leather armor was immediately available, and Jono took him out on Thunder.They got back in late that night, a captured ship coming in ahead of them. The port guard woke me up when they saw the two ships, and I met them at the pier. Yes, the Lady Carmine Worker was a truly beautiful woman, unquestionably a Cassandran. The dozen or so captured pirates were locked in their hold for the night, and the good knight and his fair lady were. "Usually takes a few days to get on the schedule, ma'am. You're lucky we had a cancellation, or we wouldn't be here today." You're wastin' time lady. Let's go, Ted, we got other jobs to do." They turn to leave. I really need this done today, but I really need to get dressed too. The pressure of the moment overwhelms my better judgment. "It shouldn't take too long," I think to myself, they'll be in and out in no time."Wait!" I stop them. "Okay, come in and do it now, but you have to be quick, I.