Chapter 13 #2
“Her blood pressure was higher, but nothing too concerning, until around the six-month mark. That’s when they got worried,” says Marcus.
“And that’s when I was told to rest,” Simone adds.
“We’re not in the clear, but better,” Marcus says.
Translation: Don’t stress out his wife.
“The partners know; we told them a couple of weeks ago,” Simone says. “But we wanted to wait a bit longer before sharing with everyone else.”
“I understand,” I say. She doesn’t need to explain. My mom had preeclampsia with Ryan, and while I was too young to remember, she certainly likes to remind us. It’s the reason she wouldn’t give me the sister I begged her for when I was younger, usually when Ryan would wipe his boogers on me.
“So what’s going on at Harrow Luke fishes his out of his pocket.
“It’s Bailey’s manager,” I say.
He holds his phone screen out toward me. “I’ve got River’s calling me.”
We take the calls, which last all of two minutes. It’s only thirty seconds into mine that I know why we both were contacted.
“Let me guess,” Luke says after we hang up. “You were just invited to a meeting at the studio tomorrow.”
I nod my head. “Yep.”
“This is probably not a congratulatory meeting to tell us what an amazing job we’ve done.”
I shake my head this time. “Nope,” I say.
The studio calling means they’ve been watching.
And they’ve seen enough.