Nicca froze as the message played.  'Merry?  Pregnant?  Who's the 
Daddy?'

He glanced around the room at the other guards.  'I wonder if I can 
convince them to say Frost is the father if it is actually me?'

He smiled as Kitto ran for his tent.  'Thank goodness we all know it 
isn't Kitto.  Although he seems to have forgotten all about that 
little fact at the moment.  Poor little guy.'

Just then noise came from the upstairs.  Merry was up.  All the 
guards looked at each other.  

"Scatter."  Doyle whispered as the door opened.  The guards moved to 
various parts of the living area.  They heard a door open and close.  
Bea came running down the stairs.  Galen opened the door to let the 
dog outside.  A shower upstairs came on.  They looked at each other, 
on pins and needles.  What would they say?  Should they confront 
Merry immediately, or give her time to say something?  How long would 
she be in the shower, for that matter?