Going Into Early Labor at Sister-in-law's Wedding, Husband Says Hold It In

On my sister-in-law's wedding day, thirty-six weeks pregnant, my mother-in-law stationed me at the door to collect the gift money.

Halfway through, my water broke. There was blood in it.

I told my husband to grab the hospital bag and take me to the hospital, but my mother-in-law clutched the gift-money box and blocked us.

"The books are short by two thousand eight hundred dollars. She's been the one taking money all day, and nobody leaves until it's accounted for."

Susannah James came running over with her wedding gown gathered in her hands and tugged at me, wheedling.