chapter nineteen

"Thea?! Knock knock knock".

Grace said, knocking three times. I wondered why people do that. They knock and tell you they are knocking. The door opened and I heard her ask," Is this a bad time?" The minute she saw my position on the bed. I was sleeping with my ass in the air, the covers draped over me halfway.

I shook my head yes but she didn't leave. Instead she came into the room and shut the door behind her.

"Stomach aches?" She asked and I gave her another nod. "Can you lay down on your back and let me check?" I did as she said, ignoring the pain. She made her way quickly around the bed and sat down besides me before she started checking my tummy.

"Does it hurt when I touch here", she pushed four of her fingers down on my belly, right below my chest cavity. I shook my head no. "What about here" she did the same at the sides, closest to my back. I shook my head no. She then placed her fingers above my navel and I winced. She lowered them from there a little and I winced again when