Sadie told her sister the day’s events and then broke into body-shaking sobs.
Lily held and rocked her, careful of Sadie’s broken arm. “It’s okay, sweetheart. I’m here now. I should have known that man was no good considering who his brother is. You don’t need him or his juvenile delinquent daughter.”
The door opened again, and a nurse with a clipboard walked in. “Ah, glad to see you’re up. How are you feeling? Is the sedative wearing off?”
Sadie shook her head, still too choked with emotion to speak.
“Well, other than the dehydration and the arm, you should be fine. You have a bruised tall bone that may require a rubber donut but that shouldn’t give you too much problem. The good news is, your baby is fine.”
The sisters stiffened. “Baby?” they said in unison.
The nurse frowned and looked at the chart again. “The chart says you’re nearly three months along, or at least that’s according to your blood work.”
“But that’s not possible. I’ve had regular periods.”
“Hmm, I’ll check with the doctor. I’ll be back.”
Could her day possibly get any worse?
An hour later after she’d spoken with the doctor, Lily tried her best to calm Sadie down.
“What am I going to do? A baby needs two parents. I can’t tell Rhys. And there’s no way I could have a baby and take it anywhere near that maniac daughter of his. If she tried to kill me, there’s no telling what she’d do to a helpless baby. She’s a future serial killer in the making!” Sadie started to cry again.
“You’re getting hysterical sis, and you don’t need that in your condition. It will be all right. We’ll work it out. I’ll help you out in anyway I can. We’ll get through this together. I promise. As a matter of fact…” Lily whipped out her cell phone.
“What are you doing?”
“Calling reinforcements.”
Lily punched a series of numbers into her phone and waited. “Hey Daisy, it's Lily. How fast do you think you can get a flight to Raleigh-Durham airport?”
She waited for a reply. “Yep, it’s Sadie. If you can get here by tomorrow morning that would be even better. I think Rose should be back in New York by now and I’ll call her as soon as I get off the phone with you.”
Sadie groaned inwardly. She adored her older sisters, but they all coddled her as if she were still a kid. To have all three of them around fussing over her would be an ordeal in itself, but she knew they meant well so she didn’t voice her concern.
Lily disconnected the phone and dialed who Sadie assumed was Rose and proceeded to have a similar conversation. Once she was done, Lily patted her hand. “Help is on the way.”