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"Just forget about all of that," she said. "What's important is having you and the baby checked."
I nodded, despite my panic, because what if this meant something really bad?
"Lilly, what if the baby isn't okay?"
"No," Lilly shook her head, "You can't think like that, Eves. This can be perfectly normal."
I nodded, trying to believe her words.
Lilly insistedon wheeling me into the hospital by wheelchair and I understood why. She didn't want me to pass out again and she got us both inside so fast it was hard to give her directions. Once we were inside the EPAU unit we were seen quickly and the nurse, Leanne, who I had spoken to on the phone wasted no time in hooking me up to a machine that measured my blood pressure.
"Your blood pressure is low," she said, then went on to check my pulse by holding her finger to my wrist and checking her watch.
"So, tell me a little bit about what's been going on recently Eve. Have you been taking it easy?"
At first, I didn't answer, I looked at Lilly, who sat on the edge of her seat.
"I think so. I haven't been doing any heavy lifting or anything..."
"That's good—"
"What about stress?" Lilly asked. "She's been under a ridiculous amount of stress recently."
I wasn't sure what to say but I tried to pie it off because I didn't want the nurse thinking that I wasn't strong enough to cope.
"What type of stress?" Leanne asked.
"A kidnapping not too long ago… She has nightmares about it. Also, she has a lot of family drama, let's say."
Leanne nodded while looking at me.
"I'm so sorry to hear that…"
"So, with you still being quite early in your pregnancy, I'd like to do a scan just to make sure the baby is doing well. Usually, we'd hook you up to something like this…" Leanne pointed to a machine standing up by the patient bed, "But I'm not sure we'd get the best reading."
I nodded, eagerly waiting for her to lead the way.
"I'm just going to double-check that there is currently a room available for us," she said before getting up and leaving us alone.
Lilly stared at me as we both waited.
"Were you gonna tell her about all the stress you've been under?" Lilly asked as we sat in silence.
It was agonising waiting.
"I didn't see the point. I can't explain everything to her..."
Lilly stood up and shook her head in anger.
"What?" I asked, feeling her mood change.
"You shouldn't be going through this Eves. Those fucking brothers are—"
"Hey, keep it down!" I said sternly.
"This isn't their fault, Lilly. It isn't any of their faults that I got kidnapped. It's not their fault that I'm still being hunted like a fucking key into my Dad's firm."
"Why can't you just drop it? Drop the full thing? Give Delta to someone else?"
