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They hadn’t been dancing since the night they’d first ain with Theo, to her favourite kind of music…‘I’d love to’

‘Good’ He gave her that warm smile ‘And, Maddie?’

‘Yes?’

‘Take a taxi from your place to ht bag with you…’

Her heart missed a beat ‘Is that what you want?’

‘Yes Though I still can’t make you any promises,’ he warned

‘Understood’ Though he was definitely letting her closer Maybe, justto work out

Madison was still on cloud nine when she had her first case of the afternoon

‘I don’there at all,’ Mrs Reeves said when Madison asked her permission for Nita to sit in on the appoint stop!’

‘Where’s the itching?’ Madison asked

‘My hands, the soles ofher ar me crazy’

‘Try not to scratch, or you’ll ht find pressing your skin helps, or putting soainst your skin’

The symptoms were absolutely classic, so she let Nita take the lead, eliciting Mrs Reeves’sthe baby and checking for the baby’s heartbeat

‘It’s keeping ht I’ve been to see my doctor twice—but he says there isn’t a rash and there’s no obvious reason for it’

Apart froht

‘Does anyone in your faies?’ Nita asked

Mrs Reeves shook her head

Nita glanced at Madison ‘I think I need to do a blood test’

‘My GP’s already done that, a o,’ Mrs Reeves said ‘It was normal’

‘Sometimes,’ Madison said, ‘it takesshow up in the results Even if this one’s clear, I’d want to do a test in teeks’ ti’