The Set Up (Triplets: Three Aren't One Book 1) by Dani Haviland

Author:Dani Haviland [Haviland, Dani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chill Out!
Published: 2020-08-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The Secret

December 2, 1991

“I can’t take it any longer,” Grace groaned. “I can’t possibly get any bigger, either. Look at these stretch marks! Even with a pound a cocoa butter a day, my skin’s practically ripping apart! Not to mention my boobs look like hot water bottles on top of a medicine ball.”

Chuck brought out the blood pressure cuff and wrapped it around her upper arm, silently counting her rants and raves. Eighty-four today. Not even noon and she’s beat her personal best on complaints.

“We don’t use a pound of cocoa butter,” he said, squeezing the bulb to inflate the cuff.

“Ouch! Do you have to make it so tight?”

“Actually, yes, I do. If we can’t get your blood pressure down, you’re going to have to have an emergency C-section. That means going to the hospital and loss of your anonymity. Is that what you want?”

“No,” Grace said, quickly switching her rant to a pout.

“Still too high. How’s your appetite? Have you eaten anything today?”

“You know everything I eat and drink. You may not weigh it out, but that calculating mind of yours catalogs everything.”

Chuck bent forward and gave her a kiss on the top of the head. “You say that like it’s a bad thing. Now, do you want to try walking a little?”

Taking his outstretched arm, Grace sat up as straight as she could and swung her legs over the edge of the hospital bed he had brought in for her. “Look at my feet; they’re huge! I look like I have cankles, not ankles.”

“Cankles?”

“My leg goes from knee to foot, the calf and ankle the same size.”

“Well,” Chuck said, still trying to switch up her grumbling, “at least you have a matched pair.”

Grace’s face squeezed into an exaggerated pout that burst into a full laugh when she looked up and saw him waiting for her reaction. “How do you do that? I mean, I’m so emotionally pissed and physically miserable, and you can still make me laugh.”

“You’re worth it, Grace. Don’t let anyone ever tell you differently. You are, and always will be, my best friend. You have to know that.”

“I do,” she said, then let him help her to a standing position. “So, does that mean I can share my inner fears and hopes and stupid ideas with you without being judged?”

“Yup. Now watch the threshold. We’re not going outside, but I want to see how well you can ride in a vehicle. Just in case.”

“There’s no way I’m going anywhere in that ground-hugging Ferrari of Papa Doc’s.”

Chuck swung the door open completely and let her take it in. “An ambulance? Where in the hell did that come from?”

“The ambulance stork delivered it last night,” he said drolly, grinning.

“Do you really want me to get in it?” she asked, suddenly fearful.

“No, I just wanted to let you know that if we can’t get you to calm down and stop being so angry at the world, this is what you’ll be riding in to the hospital. The babies will certainly be too small to survive on their own.

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