Just Breathe Again by C.A. Harms

Author:C.A. Harms [Harms, C.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-08-12T23:00:00+00:00

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Rae had long ago left, after gushing over my unbelievable talent. Her words, not mine.

It was nearing four, and I was tucked away in my office, editing some shots from the infant shoot I had done a few days ago.

Deanna had poked her head in a few minutes earlier and asked me if I was about ready to go, and she wasn’t happy when I told her I was going to be staying late. For some unknown reason I had yet to figure out, she felt when I stayed, she had to as well. Loyalty to me, maybe, or she was really going above and beyond to prove she could and would do the job I had given her one hundred and ten percent. Secretly, I loved the fact that she was here with me after hours. It gave us time to talk, gossip, or whatever we wanted to do.

She went on to tell me that Rae had only stopped in to check me out, which made me roll my eyes. Check me out for what? It wasn’t like she needed to know anything about me. Of course, that comment only got my mind racing, though, once Deanna disappeared from the doorway. Was she? And if she was, what made her feel she had to? Had Aaron mentioned me?

Shifting in my chair, I grabbed the bottle of water that sat only a few feet away, and suddenly, I felt a little lightheaded. Placing my palm on the desktop next to my keyboard, I closed my eyes and took in one slow calming breath after another. It should have helped, yet it only left a nauseated feeling in my stomach.

“Faith?” I heard Deanna’s voice of concern, yet I remained perfectly still. Frankly, I was terrified to move for fear of losing my late lunch all over my newly furnished office. “Are you okay?”

Slowly, I raised my hand and placed it over my mouth as I jumped up and began to run. My movements were anything but smooth as my hip bounced off the corner of my desk, and my shoulder hit the doorframe while rounding the corner toward the bathroom.

I barely made it as I fell to the floor and emptied the contents of my stomach. Heaving, unable to catch my breath, my back arched with each unpleasant gag.

“Oh my God.” Again, Deanna’s concerned voice filled the space around me just before I felt something cool press against the back of my neck. “What the hell did you eat? Because whatever it was, it did not agree with you.”

“Turkey sandwich,” I whispered, my eyes tightly squeezed together. “Mayo and water. That’s it.”

She rubbed my back soothingly, and I allowed her to. I needed something else to focus on besides the continuous tightening in my stomach. She seemed to understand that I needed silence because she said nothing further, only remained at my side.

Unsure of how much time had passed, I hesitantly opened my eyes and grabbed for the wall at my side.

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