*Eleanor*
“Good morning,” Helga says with a smile as I walk into her hut.
“Good morning,” I say in answer as I look around. There is a woman who is clearly in the early stage of labor, but no one else.
“Where is Astrid?”
Helga waves her hand as she puts water into the fire to heat it. “She should be here soon. It is early. Plenty of time before we meet the baby.”
I hadn’t planned on helping to deliver a baby today, but it is exciting! Erik kept Mani for me to come and talk to Helga for a bit. He’ll be expecting me back soon and worry about me. I look outside and see one of the children I’ve seen at Olga’s house.
“Hey!” I call to him and he comes over. “You know my husband, right?”
“Yes, I know Anders,” he tells me with a smile.
“Will you go tell him that ……
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