nudging her faithful cat off her lap she stood up and blew out the candles. She racked her brain for anything else she could do. Nothing was coming to her and she was getting more and more frustrated.
As she was putting the candles away the phone rang. Darcy’s skin crawled with icy prickles, and she had the feeling that something wasn’t right. Rushing to the phone she answered it to hear Jon’s voice. “Grace is in a lot of pain. The ambulance will be here any minute. We’ll be going to the hospital over in Meadowood. Meet us there, okay?”
The baby, Darcy thought to herself as she ran to get her coat and the keys to Jon’s car. She was in a near panic as she gunned the accelerator, making the car fishtail out to the road. Grace could not lose this baby. It would just be too much.
Chapter Twelve
Darcy had risked more than a few traffic tickets on her way to Meadowood. Rushing through the doors of the hospital Darcy headed for the information desk. “Can you tell me where they took Grace Wentworth, please,” she asked the woman at the front desk.
The woman, short and squat with dark hair and a perpetual frown, looked up at her. “That depends, honey. Are you a relative?”
“I’m her sister. Darcy Sweet.”
The woman nodded, her eyes turning kinder. “They told me to expect you. Hold on, now.” She tapped a few keys on the computer in front of her. “Yes, still in the Emergency Department. Go through them doors right there, okay? I’ll buzz you through.”
The swinging doors opened to her as the woman unlocked them with a touch of a button, and Darcy hurried through into a brightly lit space dominated by a rectangular desk. Behind that desk, doctors and nurses in different colored scrubs and white coats stared at computer screens or scribbled out orders. Doors leading to different rooms stood lined up along three sides of the Emergency Department, all of the doors closed to protect patient privacy.
Jon was standing outside of room six, and he held his arms out to Darcy as she rushed over to him. “It’s okay, everything is going to be all right. The doctors say it’s likely just stress. There’s going to be a few more tests, but they aren’t worried. Grace is more embarrassed than anything else.”
Darcy was so relieved that she practically collapsed into his arms. She started to cry and hugged him tightly, not wanting to let go. “Everything is so overwhelming right now, Jon. What are we going to do?”
Jon hugged her back and kissed the top of her head. “It’s okay, I’m going to make sure that everything works out.” He kissed her again.
She wanted to believe him. She just wanted to be held and protected right now. She knew that must be all that Grace wanted, too. “Thank you for being here for me,” Darcy said to him as she stood up on her toes to kiss him full on the lips. She didn’t care who was watching.
He palmed her cheek and smiled at her. “I will always be here for you.”
She hugged him one more time and then stepped back. “Can I see Grace?”
“Not yet. The doctor is in there with her. He said we can go in as soon as he comes out to get us.”
***
They went out to the hospital waiting room and Jon got them both cups of coffee from the vending machine. It was lukewarm and disgusting. Darcy hardly tasted it as she sipped at it, worrying about Grace, and Aaron, and their baby. As they sat side by side in plastic chairs, Darcy felt the same icy tingles crawling across her skin that she had felt when Jon had called to say Grace was going to the hospital.
She sat up straighter and looked around. Something felt off to her again. She couldn’t place what. “Do you feel anything?” she asked Jon.
“No. Like what?”
Instead of answering him Darcy stood up and said, “I’ll be right back.” He gave her a look with raised eyebrows but didn’t try to
As she was putting the candles away the phone rang. Darcy’s skin crawled with icy prickles, and she had the feeling that something wasn’t right. Rushing to the phone she answered it to hear Jon’s voice. “Grace is in a lot of pain. The ambulance will be here any minute. We’ll be going to the hospital over in Meadowood. Meet us there, okay?”
The baby, Darcy thought to herself as she ran to get her coat and the keys to Jon’s car. She was in a near panic as she gunned the accelerator, making the car fishtail out to the road. Grace could not lose this baby. It would just be too much.
Chapter Twelve
Darcy had risked more than a few traffic tickets on her way to Meadowood. Rushing through the doors of the hospital Darcy headed for the information desk. “Can you tell me where they took Grace Wentworth, please,” she asked the woman at the front desk.
The woman, short and squat with dark hair and a perpetual frown, looked up at her. “That depends, honey. Are you a relative?”
“I’m her sister. Darcy Sweet.”
The woman nodded, her eyes turning kinder. “They told me to expect you. Hold on, now.” She tapped a few keys on the computer in front of her. “Yes, still in the Emergency Department. Go through them doors right there, okay? I’ll buzz you through.”
The swinging doors opened to her as the woman unlocked them with a touch of a button, and Darcy hurried through into a brightly lit space dominated by a rectangular desk. Behind that desk, doctors and nurses in different colored scrubs and white coats stared at computer screens or scribbled out orders. Doors leading to different rooms stood lined up along three sides of the Emergency Department, all of the doors closed to protect patient privacy.
Jon was standing outside of room six, and he held his arms out to Darcy as she rushed over to him. “It’s okay, everything is going to be all right. The doctors say it’s likely just stress. There’s going to be a few more tests, but they aren’t worried. Grace is more embarrassed than anything else.”
Darcy was so relieved that she practically collapsed into his arms. She started to cry and hugged him tightly, not wanting to let go. “Everything is so overwhelming right now, Jon. What are we going to do?”
Jon hugged her back and kissed the top of her head. “It’s okay, I’m going to make sure that everything works out.” He kissed her again.
She wanted to believe him. She just wanted to be held and protected right now. She knew that must be all that Grace wanted, too. “Thank you for being here for me,” Darcy said to him as she stood up on her toes to kiss him full on the lips. She didn’t care who was watching.
He palmed her cheek and smiled at her. “I will always be here for you.”
She hugged him one more time and then stepped back. “Can I see Grace?”
“Not yet. The doctor is in there with her. He said we can go in as soon as he comes out to get us.”
***
They went out to the hospital waiting room and Jon got them both cups of coffee from the vending machine. It was lukewarm and disgusting. Darcy hardly tasted it as she sipped at it, worrying about Grace, and Aaron, and their baby. As they sat side by side in plastic chairs, Darcy felt the same icy tingles crawling across her skin that she had felt when Jon had called to say Grace was going to the hospital.
She sat up straighter and looked around. Something felt off to her again. She couldn’t place what. “Do you feel anything?” she asked Jon.
“No. Like what?”
Instead of answering him Darcy stood up and said, “I’ll be right back.” He gave her a look with raised eyebrows but didn’t try to
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