"You squeeze on my hands," Jubal ordered when Emma shrieked with pain. "You squeeze real hard, so's to push the bones together." "I never seen one come so fast," prattled Esther, who generally tended the kitchen. "Oh, God," Steven fretted, pacing at the foot of the bed. Emma felt another contraction closing in on her and clasped Jubal's hands hard, determined not to scream again. "She's gonna tear," Esther warned. At this point, there was a ker-thump and Emma decided Steven had probably fainted, though she had neither the time nor the inclination to find out. After"