Chapter 158 The Future

• “Why are we going to the doctor, Mommy?” Sophia asked, tugging her mother‘s hand. “The doctor is go ing to show us what the baby looks like,” she explained. “We‘ll see the baby?” Charlie asked. “But how ?”
• Their mom laughed lightly. Sophia and Charlie rolled their eyes at each other. “There‘s a machine that allows doctors to see inside my belly while they baby is still growing. We will see the baby on a screen, like a TV screen,” she told them. “That‘s so cool!” Sophia said. “Is the baby going to see us too?” Gabri el asked. “No, the baby can‘t see us. But the baby can hear and feel.” Their mom stopped walking and took each of their hands, putting them on her belly. “Th e baby knows who is who and they you‘re their siblings.” “Really?” Charlie asked, eyes nearly popping out of his head. “Really,” their mom said, laughing again. The doctor put their mom on a table, laying her down. Their dad held her hand as the doctor squeezed some blue gel on her stomac h. She was getting rounder. The kids noticed it but now they could see her big belly with her shirt lifted up. “Ready to see what‘s cooking in there?” the doctor said. “Our baby isn‘t cooking!” Sophia cried, horr ified at the idea of the baby ‘cooking! “Honey, it is just an expression,” her mom assured, patting her ha nd. “I just meant that there‘s a baby growing in there,” the doctor confirmed, nodding at the kids.
• She pressed a little wand on their mom‘s belly, and the screen flickered with a black and white image of lines and blobs. “That‘s the baby?” Charlie asked, wrinkling his face. “Yes, that‘s the baby,” the doctor said. She pointed to some of the lines. “There‘s the head, and you can see the little heart beating. It loo ks like you‘re having a girl.” “A girl?” their mom gushed. She looked at their dad, starry eyed. “A girl?” S ophia asked, crossing her arms. “Yay! No more boys!” Charlie cried. “Two boys and two girls,” Gabriel s aid, “That‘s perfect.” “Yeah, I guess,” Sophia grumbled. She liked being the only girl, but everyone else was really happy. “What do you think, is a girl good?” their mom asked their dad The kids waited for him to answer. He hadn‘t smiled at all yet, Sophia hoped that he thought of her as his o nly princess No room for another girl,