Blood Country by Mary Logue

Author:Mary Logue [Logue, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: 1999-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

HER DAY OFF. That was why she was still sleeping in bed and felt swallowed up by it. Bridget had woken up briefly when Chuck had left early this morning; his soft kiss on her cheek felt like permission to keep sleeping, and she had gone under again. She rolled her head on the pillow and cracked an eye open. Even without her contacts in, she could see the clock face. The little hand was on the ten, and the big one pointed at the six. She blinked. Ten-thirty. The shock of it made her sit up in bed. What was the matter with her? She felt her own forehead. Cool and dry. She hadn’t slept this late since before pharmacy school. Usually by this time of day, she had eaten and gone for a ride.

Bridget lifted up the front of her nightgown and looked down. Her breasts seemed bigger already. Was that possible? She had studied drugs for over four years of her life, and never had she heard that the hormones of a pregnant woman took on the characteristics of Valium, aspirin, and baking soda all rolled into one.

After a rather long shower, she pulled herself together. She tied her hair up on top of her head, put some makeup on, and dressed. Leaning over to tie the laces of her shoes, she decided she had to tell Chuck. He needed to know. She would walk into the shop and invite him out for coffee. Before she told him, she would first cover his lips with her fingertips and say, “Don’t talk now. I want you to have time to think about this. So go back to work, and we’ll discuss what we’re going to do tonight.”

She slipped on the stud pearl earrings he had given her for their anniversary. He loved her. She loved him. They would figure it out. It seemed impossible to her now that he shouldn’t know something that so completely concerned him. But then he hadn’t noticed when she wasn’t hungry last night, or how listless she had been lately, not having the energy to stay up past the evening news.

When she climbed in her car, she gave a longing look to the barn. She would ride Jester this afternoon. She would whisper in his ear that she was pregnant, that she might have a baby, see what he would think of that. If this were the day to tell everyone, she would even give Claire a call. Get it all over with at once. Let the proverbial cat out of the bag. Her stomach jolted inside of her as she drove down the road.

By the time she got to the service station, Bridget was having second thoughts. Maybe she should wait and tell Chuck at dinner. She could even try to cook dinner, something simple like pork chops and potatoes. Oooh, her stomach turned at the thought of food.

When she walked into the shop, Chuck scooted out from under a car on a piece of plywood on wheels.

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