Chapter One: Overboard Dirk hit the snooze alarm twice – and his wife said nothing. She faintly groaned but remained still. So Dirk felt like he was getting away with something. The third time the alarm radio exploded she finally poked her fingers into his rib cage and Dirk bucked and rolled to lay face to face but refused to open his eyes. Janice laid there staring at him. He felt her starring. “Yes?” he pushed out of his mouth. “It’s 8:30.” She purred. “Thanks.” “What time do you have to be at work?” she asked. “I don’t really have to be there until 10.” Janice was quiet. Then she spoke up, “I thought you said you had a meeting at 9.” He gasped and shot right up. “Holy crap, you are right.” And he spun his head to the alarm clock and saw the time, eight thirty. “What time is the next ferry to Central?” Janice laid her hand on her belly and held it as it protruded out from her pajama top. She laid there thinking. “Well, there is an 8:30 fast ferry but you missed that one. I think the next two are slow ferries. One is at 8:45, I believe and the next one is 9:30.” Dirk stood up quickly and started pacing the floor. “Hopefully I can catch the 8:45.” Janice grunted as she pushed herself to a sitting position and then watched him running around like a chicken with his head cut off. “Baby, no offense, but even in a hurry you take an hour to get ready.” He looked at his beautiful, pregnant wife and stopped moving. He jumped on the bed and kissed her on the forehead. “Let me surprise you,” Dirk said and then threw himself off the bed and ran into the bathroom where he slammed the door. That’s when the baby started kicking. Janice laughed until the baby kicked too hard and she winced. “Hey the baby is also late too – like his father. I want to get this monkey out of me! I am tired of feeling like a whale. You think he is growing a third arm in there?”
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