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“You’re in the hospital because you have low blood sugar, and you haven’t been drinking enough water and were dehydrated. You’ve been sleeping for nearly two hours! That tells me you’re working too much.”
“Evelyn,” Denny said in a sharp tone. “That’s enough.”
Confused, I closed my eyes and shook my head. “Wait, what?”
Gavin moved closer, and Evelyn walked to the other side of the bed, where Denny stood.
“You’re tired because you’re pregnant, Bry,” Gavin explained, as he looked toward Evelyn with a weary expression.
“I felt dizzy. That’s all I remember.”
Gavin spoke before Evelyn could. “The doctor said your blood sugar is a bit low, and you were dehydrated.”
“Are you drinking enough water?” Evelyn asked.
Turning to her, I nodded. “I am, Eve. I may not have today though. We were so busy in the store.”
“Brystol.” Evelyn took my hand in hers. “You need to stop working so much. If you can’t afford to hire more part-time employees, Denny and I can help.”
Confused, I turned to Iook at Gavin and asked, “It was only one day, and it wasn’t like I didn’t drink water at all.”
A throat cleared on the other side of the room, and everyone turned to see a man standing there. He looked to be in his early fifties, with a warm smile and the brightest blue eyes I’d ever seen.
“I’m Dr. Mitchell. I’m the on-call OB. Nothing you did was wrong. Your blood pressure dropped some, and the pregnancy hormones most likely caused that. Mix that with the low blood sugar and maybe not enough water today. It was basically just bad timing.”
I let out the breath I hadn’t realized I was holding. “Today was a hectic day at the toy store. Honestly, I don’t remember eating lunch and I tried to drink water, but I guess not enough.”
The doctor nodded. “I’m going to have the nurse give you some tips on keeping hydrated, and I’d advise you to make up some snack packs to keep with you behind the counter. If you’re busy, you can have an easy grab-and-go snack.”
I nodded. “That’s a really good idea.”
“You also needed a good nap,” he said with a laugh. “We got some fluids into you, and now that you’re up, we’ll get you out of here.”
Smiling, I said, “Thank you so much.”
Turning, the doctor smiled at everyone and headed out of the room. Once the door shut, I took in the three sets of eyes staring at me. I lifted a hand and gave them all my sternest warning look.
“If one of you dares to lecture me, I will have you all kicked out of this room, and I’ll call my mother or father to come pick me up.”
Gavin pressed his lips into a tight line while Denny looked up at the ceiling.
Evelyn, however, stepped forward. “You’re not taking care of yourself, Bry.”
I sighed. “Evelyn, you heard him. It was a bad mix of circumstances, and today was a very busy day.” She tried to speak again, but I held up my hand again. “Before you say anything else, I hired two more people just yesterday. One full-time person and the other part time. I’ll take a couple of days off a week and promote Nelly to manager. She’s been asking for more hours, and she knows how to do everything anyway, from ordering stock to doing the payroll. I’ve been training her since I found out I was pregnant.”
Everlyn blinked back her surprise, while Gavin wore a wide grin.
“Would you like us to pick up anything for you?” she asked.
I thought about it for a few moments. “Do you still have my meatball sub?” I asked Gavin. He shook hishead.
“A meatball sub from Bella’s would be amazing. Oh, and can you pick me up a bag of Lay’s chips? Just the regular ones.”
Denny smiled. “Anything else?”
“Oh! Plum Street Market has these black cherry cookies. Can you get me some?”
Evelyn frowned. “Does Cadie’s bakery have them?”
