Ch. 6 Telling Dr. Jay
Lu, now just a little over 4 months pregnant, still hadn't worked up the courage to tell Dr. Jackson about the pregnancy. Now that she was starting to show, she figured she couldn't hide it for much longer.
As she stood in the elevator on her was to Dr. Jackson's office, she rehearsed what she was going to say. Lu was so nervous. She didn't know what Dr. Jay would say. Would he allow her to go on her desired maternity leave, or would he just fire her altogether.
Without even realizing it, she was standing outside of Dr. Jay's office.
"Time to face the music," Lu quietly said to herself, before knocking on the door.
"Come in!" came the I'm- really- busy- I'll- talk- to- you- anyways voice.
"Hey Dr. Jackson, can I talk to you for a minute?" Lu said in a shaky voice.
"What can I do for you Delgado?"
"I need to talk to you about my job." Lu began.
"If you're wanting a raise forget it," Dr. Jackson said in his scolding tone.
"No, no! That's not it at all, but I would like some time off around the beginning of June."
"What, are you going on vacation?" Dr. Jay asked, peering over his glasses.
"Sort of. Only I'm not going out of town," Lu replied.
"Dr. Delgado, I don't think I understand what you're trying to tell me," Dr. Jackson said, getting pretty frustrated.
"Bob, I'm asking you for time for me to go on maternity leave," Lu blurted out.
"Maternity leave?" Dr. Jackson asked shocked.
"Yeah. I'm pregnant," Lu said
"Yeah, I sort of realized that. Okay, So you're going to need at least a month before you due date, and then maybe, two months after the birth. Does that sound reasonable to you doctor?" Dr. Jay replied trying to take control of the situation.
"Well, I'll take the month before, but I'll be back to work a month after the birth," Lu said.
"Done," Dr. Jay replied.
"Thanks," Lu said as she turned to leave.
"Delgado, congratulations."
"Thank you," Lu said as she gently stroked her ever growing belly, and left the office.