Late Arrivals by J.A. Armstrong

Author:J.A. Armstrong [Armstrong, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J.A. Armstrong Books
Published: 2016-07-16T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

THREE WEEKS LATER

“Are you sure you are feeling up to being here?” Rachel asked Brooke.

Brooke shrugged. “Yes,” Brooke rolled her eyes at the skeptical look her best friend sported. “I have a window.”

“Window, huh? Funny, a couple of weeks ago you were asking for buckets,” Rachel deadpanned.

“Funny, Rach.”

“What do you mean, you have a window?” Rachel asked.

“Well, it would seem I suffer from Morning Wellness and Evening Upchucking.”

“Can’t do anything the normal way, can you?” Rachel teased.

Brooke shrugged again. “Hey, I’ll take it. It beats riding the Titanic all day long, every day. So? Who’s on first?” Brooke asked.

Rachel laughed. “Mrs. Valenti at nine and Donna Tanner at nine-thirty,” Rachel gave Brooke her line up for the morning. “Then we have staff at ten.”

Brooke nodded. She was not looking forward to the weekly staff meeting. She would have preferred that the few hours she spent in the office be dedicated to seeing patients. Being home in bed or on the bathroom floor for the last two plus weeks had made Brooke antsy. She needed to move. She had hoped that her stomach’s rebellion would have quelled by now. It had improved dramatically, but unfortunately for Brooke, it seemed that for a few hours each evening, she would continue to pay homage to the porcelain God.

Rachel smiled knowingly. “At least, you have a window,” she laughed.

“Yep. Better than the bucket,” Brooke agreed. “I’m just…”

“I know,” Rachel said. “Bored.”

“Frustrated,” Brooke corrected her best friend. Rachel looked at her curiously. “I am. Tess is running around like a madwoman. You are picking up extra hours here. I haven’t been able to practice for this thing with Dani. My Dad is running Davey around. I hate it. I should be able to help more.”

Rachel smiled. “You will. Give it another week or two. It will get better.”

“And, if it doesn’t?” Brooke asked.

“Then we will all deal with it. I doubt that will happen.”

“Glad you are so confident,” Brooke commented.

Rachel was sympathetic. Brooke had suffered through a rough couple of weeks. Rachel was sure that Brooke had convinced herself it had passed the first morning she had felt relief. Brooke was not used to be kept down by anything. Rachel couldn’t help the snicker that slipped from her lips.

“What’s so funny?” Brooke wanted to know.

“Not funny,” Rachel said. “I’m not laughing at you, Brooke. I swear. Just thinking this kid of yours is already putting you in your place.”

“That’s not funny,” Brooke said gravely.

“It is—kind of,” Rachel said. “Not that you are sick, but kids have a way of making you slow down and speed up all at once. It’s weird.”

“You don’t think I know that?” Brooke replied.

Rachel caught herself. Brooke was overly sensitive at times about her role in Dani and Davey’s life. Rachel grabbed her best friend’s arm. “That’s not what I meant, and you know it.”

Brooke sighed. “I’m sorry, Rach. I just feel like I am letting everyone down. I swear, I am trying to suck it up, but it just keeps coming up instead.

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