Chapter 86 - Deanna

Dotty’s voice booms from my phone.  “If you don’t come back here right now, I’m going there.  How can you let yourself get so run down that you nearly faint at work?  Is Connor not taking good enough care of you?”

I shake my head and stare out the bedroom window.  “It isn’t like that, and you know it.  Connor has been taking good care of me.  We have been under a lot of stress lately.  You know that full well.  I’m sure it has finally caught up to me.  There is nothing to worry about, though.”

I glance around the room.  “Connor has me resting in bed right now.  He said he wasn’t going to take no, so I gave in.  Everything will be fine.  Now, stop worrying.”

She sighs.  “I’m just concerned, especially after what you went through before.  I don’t want a repeat of it.” 

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