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I blinked in surprise.
“Oh, wow,” I said. “I didn’t know that.”
She smiled sweetly. “He really has been talking about you a lot. More so in the last few days. When he came over last night, you were all he could speak about.”
I felt my face go hot.
She started to laugh, then looked up just in time for the door to her place to open.
She smiled at the pregnant young woman that came through.
“You must be Marylee.” Memphis stood up, then turned to me. “Can you help get the room prepped and ready? Sheets are in the dresser that the television is sitting on.”
I immediately did what she asked, setting out a new sheet over the table and then went back out just to turn right around when Memphis gestured for me to stay.
“Marylee, this is Saylor Spada. She’s likely going to be the one to do your thirty-week appointment with you. Are you ready to see your baby?” Memphis asked.
Marylee smiled at me excitedly. “Oh yes! I’ve had a Dr. Pepper, and I can feel him moving around like crazy. I’m so ready!”
So for the next thirty minutes, I sat on the couch and watched as Memphis performed Marylee’s ultrasound. I smiled when the baby did a couple of flips and rolls and knew that I was going to love this job.
Memphis had no idea whatsoever what she’d just done for me.
She’d given me my dream.
And so had her son.
***
“What did you think?” Memphis asked as we watched Marylee walk out of the office thirty minutes later.
“I loved it,” I admitted. “I loved every second. This was why I got into school to begin with…to do this job right here.”
She walked to the desk in the front, then handed me a stack of paperwork.
“Get this filled out,” she said. “Bring it back with you tomorrow. You can start tomorrow, right?”
I nodded.
“I can, yes.”
“Wonderful.” She beamed. “I…”
The door opened and Lock walked through, two pizzas in his hand as well as a drink carrier full of drinks.
Memphis walked to him and divested him of the pizzas.
“What are you doing here?” she asked, looking at him suspiciously.
He gestured to the pizza.
“Eating, hopefully.” His eyes turned to me. “And I wanted to make sure she actually showed up.”
He let his eyes sweep the length of my body, and I felt my face flush.
“Bummer,” he rumbled.
Memphis snorted.
