For the past few weeks, Bella had been feeling those little flutters in her belly that so many had told her about. It wasn’t much she could feel from the outside, until now. Until she was lying in bed for a quick midday nap. Ithemba certainly took a lot out of her, even with her renewed energy. The young lions were full-grown by now, Asha and Jafar were still quite a handful and the trio certainly took most of their attention during the days. They’d grown into playful young cheetahs and were still earning so much outside recognition.
In fact, within a few days, a news team were going to come by and do a story on the cubs. It would bring them even greater publicity. Who knows. Maybe before the week was over, they would have more requests for visitations, or even better: more donations. These donations enabled them to buy better medical equipment to care for the animals, it would even enable them to hire more staff. So this attention was certainly incredible. However, another living creature stole all of Bella’s attention at this moment. One little thump. It could’ve even been a muscle spasm but Bella was pretty sure what she’d felt. A small gasp of surprise left her lips and her hands automatically cradled her belly. Not only had she felt the baby actually kick for the first time, but he or she was moving around in there as if he’d just discovered it was possible. A wide smile spread across Bella’s face. “Well hello there, little one.” She caressed her stomach, laughing lightly at this amazing moment. Then she remembered… “Nathan.” Grabbing the phone, she called him. He was right in the office, answering some emails about the cheetah cubs. “Nathan,” she said as soon as she heard his voice. “You gotta come feel this. The baby’s moving around a whole lot.” Another little chuckle left her lips as the baby kicked again. “Hurry up,” she added with a grin.
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