Chapter 2
Bring on the Nooboos!
Ping! That was fast!
Marina: I can feel the happiness building up inside me.
Geoff: I can feel the stress building up inside me.
Geoff: I can tell you the gender if you like.
Marina: Doesn’t that involve loads of fancy equipment?
Geoff: Oh no, I can tell the gender just by feeling your stomach.
Marina: Wow, that’s clever.
Geoff: This is Sims, dear. It’s not really that exciting.
But I’m not telling any of you the gender. You’ll have to wait and see!
Marina: Who are you talking to?
The Readers.
Marina: Who is the Readers?
Nobody...
Marina: The pain! It’s horrible!
Geoffrey, why are you panicking? You’re a doctor; you witness this kind of thing every day!
Geoff: It’s scary when it’s your wife, your baby and all the goo is going on your floor!
Yeah, it must be terrifying.
Geoff: It is! All that goo! And I’m the one who’ll have to clean it all up!
Not really what I meant...
Our heir begins her long life with a shower of sparkles. Meet Becky! She’s Artistic and Loves the Outdoors.
Marina: How do you know she’ll have a long life?
I just have this feeling...
And meet her twin sister, Adele! Please don’t ask me why she’s lying outside. That’s what happens to all my second twins. They just end up on the floor.
Adele is a Friendly Virtuoso.
Welcome to the world, my little friends!
Becky, the heir (her favourite colour is not yellow but white is a very boring favourite colour)
Adele, the spare (favourite colour is lime)