Take a Chance

by Simone Jaine

  She pressed the off button, put the phone down and picked up one of the glasses of champagne that Uncle Ted had been busy pouring since the birth was announced.

  “I want to propose a toast to the birth of my new nephew,” Jess said.

  Everyone hurried to pick up a glass and raise it, including the children with their cups of apple juice.

  “To Thor!”

  Cherie smiled widely.