Page 95 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

Spencer told Coy he better damn well not let her go alone.

She was outnumbered and decided it wasn’t worth the battle.

There were going to be bigger mountains to scale.

“It’s not that I didn’t want you to.”

“You are afraid of people talking,” he said. “Get over it. People are going to talk about you your whole life.”

“I know,” she said, sighing. “It used to be poor Angel with the heart problems. Now it’s going to be lucky Angel landing a hot rich dude.”

“You think I’m hot?” he asked.

She rolled her eyes. “That’s what the draw has been all along. Now I’m going to have a hot kid.”

He laughed. “Keep that humor,” he said. “It will help.”

“Something better,” she said, hoping her breakfast stayed down. She knew she was sounding snarky, which wasn’t like her, but man, this was a struggle to not let him see she might toss her cookies. He’d want to carry her in if that was the case, and it’s not like it’d make a difference.

He parked in a spot of the parking garage and they got up and went to the elevator and then the fifth floor. It was seven thirty and some offices were open on this floor but not all.

She got to the office and pulled the door open, but no one was around.

They stood there for a minute and a woman came out.

“Angel Jansen?”

“That’s me,” she said.

“Hi, I’m Makayla, a nurse for Dr. Overturn. I’m going to check you in. You sent over all your paperwork already, right?”

“Yes,” she said. “I did that yesterday.”

“Then I’ll bring you right in. I’m going to do an EKG right now and then an echocardiogram will be scheduled for another date. You should be able to get that on the island. Dr. Overturn will meet with you after he reviews your EKG.”

“Oh,” she said. “I hadn’t realized that.”

“We have your records from your previous doctor and your history. It’s just checking it all over.”

“You don’t need to go with me for this, Coy,” she said.

“I’ll wait here.”

“We’ll come back and get you when the test is done,” Makayla said.

Coy took a seat and she followed Makayla to a room. “I know the routine,” she said, unbuttoning her shirt.

She lay on the table and Makayla did her EKG. She liked to look at the screen, but she couldn’t tell much.

“Dr. Overturn said that you’re pregnant. How far along are you? I’ve only looked at your cardiac history and the pregnancy is the reason for this visit so quickly.”

“I’m not far,” she said. “About eight weeks at this point I believe.”

When the test was done, Makayla said, “I’ll take you to the exam room and go get your partner.”

“Thanks,” she said.

She had a gown on in the room that Makayla had given her. No reason to get dressed as the doctor would want to examine her.

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