The Nurse's Baby Secret by Janice Lynn

Author:Janice Lynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2017-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

“I FEEL FINE,” Savannah protested for the hundredth time and was mostly telling the truth. Yes, she hurt all over still, and especially her left lower leg, but every day she felt a little stronger than the day before. “I want to go home.”

Although, not really. Not until she was one hundred percent sure she wasn’t going to go into early labor. If that happened, she wanted to be in the hospital, where her baby could get immediate medical attention. Five days had gone by since her wreck and although she’d had several contractions, they’d stopped on their own each time. The obstetrician had started injections as a precautionary measure to more rapidly mature the baby’s lungs and every day that she didn’t go into labor was critical time for her baby to continue to develop.

“Leaving the hospital is not going to happen for at least another twenty-four hours,” Dr. Kimble told her.

Twenty-four hours. That both excited and scared her. She was ready to be home, back in Chattanooga, away from Nashville and wondering if she’d see Charlie that day. She hadn’t since the recovery room. Which was her own doing. She couldn’t remember much of their conversation, but she’d told him to leave. She hadn’t wanted him there.

“Thank you. I’ll let my family know so someone can be here to bring me back to Chattanooga tomorrow.”

The doctor shook her head. “I don’t want you that far away from the hospital for at least a week, preferably longer.”

“A week?”

She nodded. “I want to check you closely until I’m sure you and the baby are stable.”

“But I live in Chattanooga,” she reminded her. “I can’t make that drive back and forth.”

She didn’t even own a working car at the moment.

“You’re right. You can’t make that drive back and forth. You need to stay in Nashville.”

She stared at the doctor. She didn’t want to stay in Nashville. She wanted to go home. Driving back and forth sounded better and better.

“You don’t have to drive back and forth. You can stay at my place.”

Savannah hadn’t seen Charlie since the recovery room. For a while, she had truly questioned if he’d been there or if she’d imagined him. But her mother had commented on how he’d kept vigil in the waiting area, how he’d called her, how he’d arranged for a room at the Loew’s Plaza Hotel and paid for it.

Her mother had gone home last night, fatigue overcoming her and Savannah insisting she go home. Under protest she had, but had called to check on her several times today.

Chrissie and a couple of the nurses from the cardiology floor had driven up to visit earlier in the week, and several other coworkers had called to check on her.

But until this moment she’d not seen or heard from Charlie.

The high-risk obstetrician didn’t seem taken aback by Charlie’s presence, which told Savannah that he’d been communicating with the specialist. Perhaps that should upset her, but at this point she didn’t care.

“That’s preferable to her driving back and forth two hours each way,” the obstetrician agreed.

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