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And speaking of business, I was able to turn the day-to-day operations of the concierge business over to Carency decisions, if required Grey also agreed ould postpone any further talk of expansion until fil wrapped At least I didn’t have any of that to be concerned about for the h pressure and, ugh, still not feeling well
In fact, it was about an hour into the party when the nausea hit nancy fears, I got so busy with trying to get everything ready for my transition to the ot But I decided to see ifwhat I would normally do in a situation like this, which is to freak out
Anyway, Katy and I were talking with film’s director, Susan Milton, when I felt the first wave of it Saliva began to collect in the corners of my mouth as the familiar sour taste I’d dealt with recently rushed back into my awareness
“Excuse o the ladies’ room
“Maddie,” Katy said as I turned to walk away “Do you need me to come with you?”
“No” I replied, with last shred of calm I could summon “I’ll be back in a minute”
“Do you want us to get you anything when the hors d'oeuvres come around?” Susan asked “It looked like there were soras on tiny toasts I can save you some”
Oh God
“No No, no, no” I said, as I took off in a near trot to the women’s room
“Maddie… Maddie!” I heard Katy call out from behind
Ignoring her and feeling htheaded with each step I took, I raised my hand to my lips to stifle the inevitable until, hopefully, I could reach a stall I touched my face, which had turned clammy and cool and prayed to God I could make it before I vomited in the hall
Somehow my luck held out until I made it to the stall in an unoccupied bathrooory details, it was a particularly bad episode My right hand shook so much when I tried to open the stall door, I had to cover it with h to open the latch
Still lightheaded, I aot a look at myself in the mirror I touched my face, just beneath my eyes, and leaned in for a closer look
“Jesus,” I muttered “I look like hell”
Just then, I heard the bathroolance, I noticed it was Katy I pretended to be fine, reached in rab et h in a week now They were practically a food group at this point
Katy walked up behindsick?”
Pepper both sides of the sink, I replied, “I’m fine Yes”
“Oh honey” She walked over to the paper towel dispenser and grabbed a handful Afterward, she came over to the sink, moistened a couple of them with cold water and then dabbed theood I couldn’t believe I hadn’t thought of it myself
“Why are you procrastinating about this, Maddie? No good can come of it”
“About what?”
“You know about what,” she whispered She paused and glanced around the restroom
“No one else is here”
“Okay,” she began, as she returned her attention to me “About, well, you know The baby”
Not wanting to go there with her, I ignored Katy, shook my head and leaned in close to the mirror to apply my lipstick
“There’s no way I’ I’m on the pill for God’s sake!”
“They aren’t foolproof, Maddie You know better And anyway, you said yourself you couldn’t remember the last time you had your period”
I put ed “Well, that still doesn’t ular periods in the world Look, I need to get back out to the party”
Unconvinced, Katy pursed her lips and crossed her arms at her chest
“Oh, no you don’t,” she said “Don’t shutabout this, Maddie!”
“I’lanced past her towards the bathroo inside “Why don’t you believe me?”
“Because you don’t believe yourself, Maddie If you’re so sure you aren’t, then why don’t you go to the doctor and find out? Ia movie now You don’t expect to work in this… state, do you?”
“What do you mean? This state?” I fired back “For your information, there haven’t been any proble Rehearsals have been fine and besides, I usually get sick earlier in the day We’re not scheduled to start fil until ten or eleven most days”
“Uh huh,” Katy began as she checked the tiht right now and here we stand Look at you! Your color is awful, you’re sweating Do I need to keep going?”
“No, Katy You don’t Okay? I get it You want o the doctor”
“What I don’t understand is why you won’t Maddie, if you are pregnant and there’s so with you… A part in acrazy!”
“There’s nothing wrong!” I exclai to the doctor Jesus, Katy, it could be anything Stress, I haven’t been sleeping all that great, stuff like that In fact, I’ht after we finished rehearsals”
Katy pursed her lips and shook her head but didn’t respond