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Rhett paced anxiously outside of Scarlett's room. For a while it had seemed so much better. She had been eating well, walking, and even going on the occasional carriage ride. But then a week ago she had begun to deteriorate again. She wouldn't eat or take visitors. Still, she insisted she was fine. So Rhett had believed her. It had been a week now where she hadn't eaten anything and she was beginning to look pale again, so he had made the call to Doctor Meade.
As the minutes passed horrible ideas began to form in his mind. The typhoid was back or she had caught something else. That she would die. Rhett could feel his heart beating faster as he became more and more anxious. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Doctor Meade stepped out of the bedroom. "What's wrong with her? Will she be okay? Can you get her to eat something?"
Doctor Meade simply raised his hand, a signal for Rhett to calm down. "She's fine. As a matter of fact, better than fine. She's pregnant. And I think she's waiting for you."
Happiness quickly overcame the fear that had tortured Rhett all morning, and he swung open the door. Scarlett was beaming up at him. "We're going to have a baby!" She cried. And Rhett hugged. Never had he seen Scarlett so happy to have a baby. Never had he been so happy to have a baby. Everything was going to be alright. Scarlett and him were going to be fine. They were going to have a baby and they'd all be a family again.
It wasn't for another few hours that Rhett left Scarlett's room. She had fallen asleep an hour ago but he had lay there with her anyway. So, it was a bit surprising to find Doctor Meade waiting for him in the parlor. "Captain Butler, I think there are certain things we ought to discuss."
Rhett's heart sank. So everything wasn't alright with Scarlett. "You said she was fine." He said slowly.
"And she is, but I told you before that carrying another child could be a serious threat to Scarlett's health."
"What do you mean?" He asked. Was he saying that she wouldn't be able to carry the baby?
"I mean she's still weak. And I know you are both happy about this but you need to prepare yourselves if the baby, or Scarlett, don't make it."
Rhett stood there in stunned silence. Only minutes before he had been so happy, he had felt like nothing could go wrong, Now it felt like the world was caving in around him.
"Anyway, I have to be going. Phone me if anything changes." Rhett barely noticed him leave.