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“Tell me if your tummy feels funny again, okay?” I told Willow, wanting some warning if she was going to blow again.
“It’s better now,” she sniffled.
“Your tummy?” Kai questioned. “It doesn’t hurt anymore?”
Willow shook her head and then rubbed it against my shoulder in an attempt to wipe her nose, I realized.
“Get in the shower first to rinse the worst off, then we’ll put her in the tub,” Kai suggested and I nodded my agreement.
“I’m tired Nic Nic,” Willow told me with a yawn.
“I know, cutie. Let’s just get you cleaned up and then you can go back to bed, okay?”
“I don’ts wants any more bad dreams.”
“No more bad dreams. I’ll stay with you tonight and keep them all away, okay?”
“Okay,” she yawned again.
She clung tightly to me as we stepped under the shower fully clothed and rinsed away the majority of the vomit. When she was relatively clean I handed her off to Kai who got her out of her pajamas and quickly rinsed her off in the tub.
I threw off my vomit and snot covered sweater, abandoning it in the bottom of the shower and went into the bedroom to change into some sweats and a t-shirt Sam had found from Kai’s room for me. They were a tight fit, but I was just relieved to be clean and dry.
By the time I got back to the bathroom Willow was dressed in clean pajamas and Kai was just towel drying her hair as much as he could. It wasn’t ideal putting her to bed with wet hair, but we’d had to wash it because it had vomit in it too.
“Do you think we should call a doctor in? She doesn’t feel warm now, and she says her stomach still feels good.”
“I don’t know. It can’t be a good sign that she puked like that,” I pointed out.
“Maybe we should just wake Maddie. She’ll know what to do for the best,” Sam suggested.
“She was exhausted. The doctor told us she needed to rest,” Kai replied.
“Let me make a call. I know someone who will know what to do,” I told them both as I slipped from the room.
I felt terrible calling Livy, Lincoln’s sister-in-law, at such a late hour, but I knew she would understand. She was one of the kindest people I had ever met. She was married to Lincoln’s four adopted brothers, and the five of them, along with their amazing kids had become like family to me.
“Nico?” she answered sleepily after a few rings. “What time is it?”
“Really late. I’m so sorry to wake you, Livy,” I apologized.
“Oh my God! Is it Lincoln? Is he okay?” she cried all at once, panic filling her.
“He’s fine. That’s not why I’m calling,” I soothed her quickly. I could hear one of her guys asking her what was going on in the background and more guilt filled me as I realized I was going to have the whole damned household awake in the middle of the night. “Everyone’s fine,” I added to reassure her.
“What’s going on then? It’s almost two A.M. Nico.”
“I need your help. I’m with my friend, Maddie and her three year old kid. Maddie, she’s pregnant and she had a scare today. She’s okay, but she’s asleep and I don’t want to wake her,” I explained.
“Maddie from your office?” Livy asked.
“Yeah. Have you met her?”
“I have. Emilia introduced us when I met her for coffee a few weeks ago. I liked her. Is she okay?”
“She’s having a tough time, but she’s good. I just…I need to let her sleep, but Willow, her daughter, she just vomited all over me and I don’t know what to do. She said her stomach hurt and she felt kinda warm, then she puked.”
“How old is she?” Livy asked.
