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"I don’t remember if they did, but it’s not safe for ht?"

"That’s correct No alcohol, no s and no et you through the nextand less trouble with the nausea, so you won’t need it I really want you to get soain if you can"

"All right What about exercise? I like to run a few "

Good point Already ihtful questions as she went through everything with the doctor, I just sat there listening and tried not to look too stupid I didn’t e loud and clear I had to quit It was fking imperative that I quit I couldn’t smoke around Brynne or the baby for the sake of their health So what does that say about what I’? I knehat needed to happen, I just didn’t knoould ht now you can continue with all of your nor pause frohts about ed sweetheart and all the ways I could help her out She, on the other hand, was blushing beautifully,the rest of ly slowly as I tortured ht be in store for ot home Such a lucky bastard I am

"And exercise in ive her plenty of exercise, doctor

Dr Burnsley glanced back in her chart again "But I see here that you work at a gallery conserving paintings Do you have exposure to solvents and chemicals, substances of that nature?"

"Yes" Brynne nodded and then looked at me "Constantly"

"Ahh, well, that’s an issue It’s harest fumes that contain lead, and since you ith very old pieces, that is precisely what you’d be in contact with Modern household paints are no problem, it’s the older chemical compounds that are worrisome You’ll have to stop that i your pregnancy?"

"I don’t know" She looked troubled now "It’s my job How do I just tell theht months?"

Dr Burnsley lifted his chin and offered a pleasant expression that didn’t fool us for a moment "Do you want a healthy baby, Miss Bennett?"

"Of course I do I just didn’t expect--" She gripped the arure it out soet pregnant" She waved her hand and then pulled it through her hair "I’ll talk to my advisor at the university and see what they can do"

Brynne gave him a fake smile that told me she wasn’t happy with this little developue with his irl was sensible about the stuff that mattered

I kne important her job was to her She loved her work She was brilliant at it But if there were dangers with the che Money was never an issue with her and me We’d never really talked about it at all For all intents and purposes she was already moved into my flat, and there was no question of where ere headed down the road She would bea child Our path was clear, but the nuts and bolts of organizing everything had yet to be sorted I knehat I wanted, but the tiht now there were literally no spare minutes to delve into plans Not until the Olympics were behind me, at least