Chapter 97

Natalie was in so much pain that she couldn’t even speak. Cold sweat drenched her hair, gluing it to her forehead. She just clutched her lower abdomen and moaned in agony.

Rosie immediately threw back the covers to see what was wrong, and as she did, a pungent metallic smell of blood filled the air. Natalie’s pajama bottoms were wet through with blood on one side!

“Oh my God…” Rosie screamed, her voice laced with terror. She spun around to grab her phone. Natalie needed an ambulance, and fast!

But as she turned, Natalie grabbed the hem of her clothes, saying, “Don’t call anyone…”

“What else can we do?” Rosie was nearly incoherent with fright.

Natalie had some medical knowledge and understood what was happening.

“Just… get some hemostatic drugs… It’ll be okay…” she gasped out between breaths.

“I’ll go get the meds. Don’t move! I’ll be right back!” With tears and snot mingling on her face. Rosie grabbed her purse and bolted out the door.

clammy with sweat. She couldn’t even tell if she

a difficult childbirth. The muscles in her lower body had

were in her suitcase right by the bed. She tried to get out of bed to reach

“Hey, little dummy!”

dreaming. As she fell, she didn’t even feel the pain, but

been years since anyone had called her that.

a while when she was little, back when Audrey

it was likely

not to speak

her elementary school years that she

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she was practically silent, which led the family to nickname her

with

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