TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY by Sandra Brown

Author:Sandra Brown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-04-03T16:59:32+00:00

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CHAPTER SIX

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R ia let the telephone ring ten times before she finally reached across the bed and answered it.

"Ria, glad I caught you. I was worried."

"Hello, Taylor ."

"What's going on?"

"Nothing."

"You went home from work in the middle of the day."

"How did you know I was here?"

"I called your office and they said you'd left for the day. What's up?"

"I just didn't feel like working."

"Why? Ria? Answer me. Is something wrong?"

"No, nothing." She replaced the telephone receiver.

Ten minutes later she heard his car pulling into the driveway. He came barging through the bedroom door, calling her name. For a few seconds he braced himself in the opening, a hand on either side of the jamb. His hair had either been windblown or finger-plowed. He had taken off his suit jacket on the way home or left it behind at his office. Ria hadn't seen him so disheveled since the night she had told him he must marry her.

"What's the matter?" He rushed toward the bed and sat down on the edge of the mattress. His eyes anxiously ranged over her.

"Probably nothing." She tried to smile, but the valiant attempt failed.

"Just a few minutes ago it was 'nothing.' Now it's 'probably nothing.' Which is it? Did you get sick at work?"

Hot, salty tears stung her eyes. She couldn't deal with her own misery and his at the same time, so she turned her face into the pillow. "I started spotting."

Taylor became as still as a buck who scents hunters. Ria couldn't even hear him breathing. Finally he asked hoarsely, "Did you call the doctor?"

"Immediately. He told me to go home to bed. That's what I did."

"That's it? That's all he said? What about medicine?"

" Taylor , there is no medicine for this. No medicine that's been proven to work."

"Dammit, there's gotta be something the doctor can do."

"There is. He's waiting it out, just like I am."

Taylor stood up. Ria remained lying on her side and kept her eyes closed, irrationally afraid that the slightest movement would upset some precarious cosmic balance and she would lose her baby. Taylor paced back and forth at the foot of the bed, casting worried glances down at her.

"I don't know much about this," he said awkwardly. "Exactly what does it mean?"

"It can mean nothing, such as a blood vessel bursting because of increased pressure." She drew a deep breath. "Or it can indicate bleeding from the uterus." If she had seen how drastically Taylor 's face paled, she might have stopped there. "Or the placenta might be trying to detach itself."

He swallowed hard. "For the time being the only precaution you can take is to stay in bed?"

"Yes, until the bleeding stops."

"Bleeding? I thought you said spotting."

She rolled over and looked up at him querulously. "What's the difference?"

He sat down beside her again and touched her cheek conciliatorily. "Nothing, I guess. It's just that spotting doesn't sound as bad."

Her lower lip began to tremble, and the tears spilled over her eyelids. " Taylor , I'm scared.

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