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"Just a couple more," I said and took her hand, which she extended from under the covers

"Good I don't think I could stand another month of this Seriously, I don't understand how evolution works if this is part of a healthy pregnancy Who would choose to submit to this?"

"You have to keep thinking about the baby you're going to get at the end of the whole process"

"I know," Alexa said "I do It's just hard to deal with in the reat and happy In the middle of it, I don't know if I can hack it"

"You can It will be over soon One day, you and I will sit together eating pancakes and bacon and eggs and hash browns for breakfast like old tilad it's over"

"Oh, God, don't even talk about eggs and bacon," Alexa said with a groan

"Okay, how about peppermint tea with honey and crackers?"

She s "That sounds perfect"

"Good," I said and stood up "I'll go and get you some You can see how you feel and if you want, I can send the Three Aos in to entertain you"

"Okay," she replied "But the tea and crackers first I don't want to have to run to the bathroom to heave while they're here It'll turn thenancy"

I bent down and kissed her oncethe door softly behind me

While she was suffering now, Alexa was strong and would get through it, with all of our support

Chapter Nine

Alexa

I sat up in bed when Luke brought me a tray with the usual -- crackers, a pot of hot water forat it htly nauseated, but I knew that to avoid the dry heaves, I had to get so into my stos I could tolerate that early in the day