Total pages in book: 95
Estimated words: 86823 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 434(@200wpm)___ 347(@250wpm)___ 289(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 86823 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 434(@200wpm)___ 347(@250wpm)___ 289(@300wpm)
“Now that you’ve released all of that pent-up anger, do you mind telling me what had you all pissed off?” he asked after a few minutes of just lying there, wrapped up in each other’s arms.
I drew in a deep breath, hating saying this out loud. It just confirmed everything we already knew. “Leanne told me my dad’s body never got cremated or buried,” I whispered.
Travis sat up, which resulted in me sitting up with him. I wrapped my legs around his waist as I sat, straddling his lap, and he brushed my hair back from my face. His dark eyes bore into mine. “We’ll get his body, baby, and we’ll do what he originally wanted done with it, okay?”
I nodded. He kissed me softly and then stood up and carried me to the bathroom. “We need to get a shower because you have a doctor’s appointment today.”
I sat in the waiting room of the OB office with Travis, waiting to get called back into a room. We were getting some rude stares, and it was really starting to bother me and piss me off. I hated it when people stared. Couldn’t they just all mind their own fucking business?
I leaned over, my lips close to Travis’s ear. “Travis, why are people staring at us?” I whispered.
He turned his head to look at me, his face so close that his lips brushed mine as he spoke. “I’m well known around here. Nobody has ever expected me to be serious enough with a woman to take her out in public with me, much less be at an OB office with her,” he quietly responded.
I clenched my jaw. “Well, they need to stop staring. It’s pissing me off,” I hissed.
He chuckled and kissed my forehead, letting his lips linger for a moment before he pulled back, grabbing my hand in his. When my name was finally called, they took my vitals and then took us to an ultrasound room. Travis held my hand as I laid back on the small cot. “First-time parents?” the ultrasound technician asked us.
“Yes,” I said, smiling, my excited eyes meeting Travis’s. I knew he was as impatient as I was about finally seeing our little munchkin.
“You must be very excited,” she said, smiling as well.
“Very much so,” Travis replied, pulling my hand up to his lips to kiss my knuckles.
I beamed over at him. Ever since he’d confessed he hadn’t been happy about Leanne being pregnant, I’d been a little nervous that he would change his mind about how he felt about ours.
When she put the wand to my belly, I jumped in surprise. She softly laughed and began pointing things out on the screen. “It’s still very small considering you’re not very far along. If you look right here,” she said, circling a small ball on the screen, “this is your baby.”
Travis squeezed my hand, grinning down at me. I hadn’t ever seen him this happy, and I couldn’t even begin to imagine the happiness he would feel when he held our baby for the first time.
The image that flashed through my mind made my heart squeeze in my chest.
The ultrasound technician wiped the gel off of my stomach. When we saw the doctor, she informed us of everything we needed to know.
“Alright, your baby is very healthy right now, and everything looks fine – just perfect, actually. You need to take prenatal vitamins every day. Your paperwork from the hospital says that you were prescribed a daily medication for your morning sickness, am I correct?”
“Yes,” I answered, already feeling kind of overwhelmed by all of the information she was beginning to throw at me.
“Keep taking that. We’ll try winging you off of it near the end of this trimester because by then, your morning sickness should be gone.” Well, that was good news. “The old wives' tale of eating for two is not true, and you shouldn’t do it.” Travis snorted. I cut him a dark look. “Eat like you normally would. I promise the baby will get the nutrients it needs even if you don’t eat more than normal.”
“She eats for two with or without being pregnant,” Travis told the doctor, making her laugh. I elbowed him in the ribs.
“Stay away from caffeinated products, alcohol, and drugs. Tylenol is safe to take if you have a migraine or if you’re having any kind of pain. If you begin bleeding, go straight to the hospital; don’t hold off thinking it will go away. Any questions?”
I shook my head. She smiled. “Good. I’ll see you back in a month. If you have any concerns, call the office, and I’ll answer any questions that you have, okay?”
“We will,” Travis assured her, smiling down at me. He was really excited about this baby.
When we got home, Luke met us in the garage. “I know you guys are probably all excited and shit because you just saw your baby, but I’m going to have to kill your buzz.”