Page 2 of Betrayed By The Boss

“No, you’re not alone. I’m here for you, Say, I’ll always be here for you.”

“Why did he do this?” Did I push him into her arms? Did I demand too much from him?

“He’s a jerk, it’s best you know now, looks like we’ve both had a lucky escape.” She gives me a sad smile and I realize that she’s just gone through the same thing. She’s still hurting, she still feels humiliated. I hate that we both have been through this. “We’re going to wait for the doctor to come and then we’re going to see what we need to do to ensure that both you and peanut are okay.”

“Thank you,” I sob, grateful that she’s here with me. My energy is waning, my eyes are getting heavy.

“Love you, Say.”

“I love you too, Cass,” I whisper as I close my eyes. It’s not long before I fall asleep.

* * *

I’mawoken an hour later by Cass, she tells me that the doctor will be around in a few minutes. I’m glad she woke me, I need some answers, the pain I’m in is unbearable but I won’t take any drugs, I don’t want to harm the baby.

“Ms Bright,” the doctor says as she comes into the room and stands beside the bed. “The fall you took has caused you to have a placental abruption.” She tells me as she glances at Cassie and I know that it’s not a good thing. My worry rises. “You were extremely lucky.”

I scoff. “Lucky? I feel as though I’ve been hit by a truck and I have this placental abruption thing and you tell me that I’m lucky? I don’t feel very lucky.” As soon as the words leave my mouth I feel terrible, it’s not the doctors fault. “I’m sorry,” I say immediately. “I have no idea what a placental abruption is. I’m worried, is my baby okay?”

She nods as she gives me a gentle reassuring smile. “I totally understand how scary this must be for you. You and your baby are both doing okay. However, a placental abruption is where your placenta starts to come away from your womb.”

Cassie gasps at her words, I’m unable to speak as fear has me in a chokehold. “What does this mean?” Cassie asks, I’m so happy she’s here.

“We’re going to keep Ms Bright here to monitor her, we want to make sure that the baby is growing properly and that there are no signs of early labor. If things are going as they should and the placenta doesn’t come away anymore, you’ll be able to go home, providing that you’ll take it easy.”

I perk up at that. “I’ll be able to go home?”

The doctor smiles. “I’m not making any promises, Ms Bright, right now, we need to ensure that both you and baby are okay. So you’ll be here for a couple of days at the very least.”

I nod, anything to make sure that the baby is okay.

“Also, try and relax, the less stress you’re under will be better for both you and the baby. I’m going to let you get some more rest, I’ll be back later and we’ll take a look at the baby and make sure that everything is as it should be.”

“Thank you.” I really wish that she’d take a look now, I want to see my baby, I want to see with my own eyes that he or she is okay.

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