Dean immediately strode to me, putting a hand on my forehead. “You don’t feel hot. What did you eat this morning?”
“Brooke went out to get me something to eat. It was part of her apology.”
“From the diner? I have a feeling Tammy cares a lot about her food being safe.”
“No, not the diner. Brooke isn’t allowed to go there because Tammy won’t serve her. It was from somewhere else. I think it was from out near the interstate.”
Dean got out his phone. It was obvious he was looking for the restaurant.
“I’m fine,” I tried to tell him. “It’ll pass. I’m sure it’s just morning sickness hitting me late, like everything else has in this pregnancy.”
“Was it a waffle place?” Dean asked as he looked at his phone.
“There were waffles, yes.”
His lips pressed together. “Grace, if it was from there, they have terrible reviews of people getting sick after they eat there.”
“No way.” I took his phone from him and saw the reviews for myself. They were all absolutely disgusting. It did nothing for my nausea.
“I don’t think it’s very good to have food poisoning while pregnant.”
I swallowed even as my nerves grew. “I’m sure it’s not that. I can’t be that unlucky.”
But even as I said it, I felt my stomach turning more so now than it ever had before.
“Grace . . .”
“I’m gonna lie back down,” I said. “That should help.”
“Let me help?—”
“I’ve got it.” The words came out more forcefully than I meant them to. And Dean’s eyes went wide. “I can handle this on my own.”
“You don’t have to handle anything on your own while I’m here.”
The words sounded nice, but I still didn’t want him to see me like this. I shook my head and made my way toward the stairs, hoping and praying that I would make it to my room and lay down before anything bad happened.
But my body betrayed me. The second I got up the first stair, a new wave of nausea hit me. My mouth watered and I immediately tried to stop it.
It didnotwork.
28
DEAN
Strawberry Springs Neighborhood Watch
Henry Connor:I don’t usually do this, but I can’t be the only one who heard Marjorie arguing with herself in the library, right? Should someone check on her?
Comments:
Jade Clark:Nah, I’m sure one side of her won the argument.
Mollie Wilson:Yeah, but that means she lost an argument with herself.
Henrietta Brown:She’s just like that, guys.
Henry Connor:Does she have a family history of dementia or anything?