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She hung up and carefully made her way off the bed. The spots of blood on the sheets had her trembling. Walking carefully towards the chest, she dragged out black sweats, and changed her underwear. Balling them up, she dumped them into the hamper and went to wash her face.
Picking up her large pocketbook, she put on some comfortable shoes and headed downstairs. By the time she reached down, the ambulance was there. The EMTs jumped out with a gurney and one took the bag from her.
“Still spotting?” the woman asked her briskly.
“Yes.”
“The doctor is on her way to the hospital. We will get you there in record time.”
“Thanks.”
*****
The phone call dragged him from the troubled sleep he had fallen into just an hour ago and for a minute he wondered what was happening. Then the ringing penetrated the fog inside his brain and had him jumping up and reaching for the phone. Remi! He thought as he punched the icon.
“What is it?”
“Wade, I am calling from the hospital.”
“Jesus! Jesus!” He dragged shaky fingers through his hair. “How is she?”
“She called half an hour ago complaining of cramps and spotting. She came here in an ambulance.”
“She did not call- What’s going on? The baby?”
“Both mother and baby are fine. We managed to avert the crisis. But she is going to have to stay here for a couple of days just to make sure.”
“Is she awake?”
“Yes. But we have given her something to put her to sleep, so she will be out of it in the next few minutes.”
“I am on my way. Thanks Rachel.” He hung up and just sat there staring at the gold and white wallpaper. He had not called her, had been so angry that he had left to come to
New York and not even checked in. She could have lost the baby and her life and he was holed up in a hotel room sulking. This had to stop.
Throwing the sheets off him, he rushed into the bathroom.
*****
“You called him.”
“Of course. He needed to know.” Rachel took her blood pressure and nodded in satisfaction. “Whatever it is that is going on between you, it needs to be put aside.” She nodded to the slight bulge of Remi’s belly. “The baby is what’s important.”
“I am mad at him,” she muttered, plucking at her hospital gown. “And why on earth have they never designed something more stylish than these blasted tents?”
“You need to relax and we put these on to make it easier to do the examinations,” Rachel told her mildly.
“How is the little one?”
“Breathing easy.”
“And still attached to my womb? That sounds so weird.”
Rachel smiled. “Still attached. And you are staying here for a couple of days. Your blood pressure was too high.”
“I was not sleeping very well,” she muttered. “Men should start having babies.”
“I will try and get right on that.” The deep voice just inside the doorway had her heart turning over.
