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Sidney let Silas lean on him as Marc moved around quickly, getting everything set up. It seemed like time both sped up and slowed down until Marc had the babies on the ultrasound screen. Sidney couldn't tell what he was looking at from this angle and Silas was starting to breathe erratically again.

"I can see all three of them and everything looks to be intact. I see three heartbeats," Marc said quietly. "Placentas are in place." He flipped the switch for sound. "And there's the heartbeats."

Sidney let out the breath he didn't know he had been holding. "Oh thank god."