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“Hey,” I said as I picked up

“Hey pretty lady How are you?”

“I don’t know,” I said as I leaned back into the cool leather of the couch

“What’s wrong?”

“I’ht, Grey”

“Ho to see him didn’t you?”

“Uh, yes” I groaned “I don’t enjoy feeling like this”

“Maybe not, but I do think you enjoy the attention that comes with it”

“You’re a jackass,” I replied “You know that?”

“Thanks for noticing”

“Anyway!” I said, as I exhaled “In case you care, the doctor did have an explanation for it”

“Oh yeah?”

I spent the next fewGrey what the doctor suspected the conditions behindto him, it was most likely a delayed response to the bacteria responsible for the food poisoning It seeans respond to it at the same time or in the sa, can last for a period of time afterward

“I see,” Grey replied, as I finished “Have you thrown up today?”

“Just once It’s always the sa and…”

As I finished ht popped intoat all? No one else had I always feltand as I searched my memory, I believed it was the only time of day I vomited

“Maddie?” Grey said as he filled the silence created by my pause

I slid my hand down to my belly and rubbed it