Page 45 of Moon's Promise

Priscilla nodded. “Keep me updated.”

“I will.”

Larissa returned to her office to make the call. Still receiving no answer, she left another voicemail. Then, biting her lip, she went to the front office to wait for her next appointment. Once she finished the appointment, she’d have a two-hour break.

She Googled Eryn’s address and saw it was twenty minutes away. Plenty of time to go check on Eryn and be back before she was needed. Should she, though? She had only seen Eryn twice. Could she have changed her mind about using her as a midwife and didn’t want to tell her? It wouldn’t be the first time a patient had dodged her calls.

She was still indecisive when her next patient arrived. Clearing her mind. she greeted them.

The appointment took an hour, as she needed to go over Mrs. Terrell’s medical history and the folder she had put together for her, which gave her all the information to talk through with her husband to help in their decision-making. The next step would be for the couple to decide if they preferred to use Priscilla, her, or give both of them a pass.

Before Mrs. Terrill left, Larissa introduced her to Priscilla. Then, after she’d escorted her to the door, Larissa turned back to her sister.

“She seemed nice.”

“I agree.”

Priscilla leaned on the side of the front desk. “How’d it go?”

“I couldn’t tell.” Larissa shrugged. “She seemed interested in both options. I guess we’ll know in a few days.”

Larissa went back to her office to call Eryn again. Hanging up the phone, she looked up as Priscilla walked in.

“Still haven’t heard from Eryn?”

Making up her mind, she went to the closet to take out her coat.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to drive to her house and check on her.”

Priscilla frowned. “How far away?”

“About twenty minutes. I’ll be back before my next appointment.”

“I’m not worried about that. I could do the appointment for you. I just don’t want you going by yourself. Wait until my appointment is over, and I’ll go with you.”

“You have two appointments back-to-back; I don’t want to wait.”

“No, then I’ll cancel my appointment and go with you.”

“You can’t. It’s Crazy Bitch. She would have already left her house. In all likelihood, she just doesn’t want to use me and didn’t want to tell me.”

“Was she still having issues with her husband?”

“I don’t think so. She told me he had agreed to a divorce and was giving her space to think it over.”

“Call the sheriff’s office and ask them for a welfare check on her. I really don’t feel good about you going.”

“Eryn told me Dennis threatened her the last time she called the police on him. I don’t want to start an argument if they did decide to get back together. I’ll take my phone and call you before I go in. You can hear the whole thing.”

Taking her phone out of the desk, Larissa walked from her office to the front just as Crazy Bitch arrived for her appointment.

“Hey, honoree bitches. What’s shaking?”

Larissa laughed. “You’re in a good mood today.”

Crazy Bitch came sashaying into the office as if she felt like a million bucks. “Why wouldn’t I be? I’ve been keeping my man busy this month. You’re going to give me some good news today, aren’t you?”

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