In the morning Melinda woke up of sickness. She got up and went to the kitchen because it was closer that the bathroom. She leaned herself over the sink and vomited. Jim woke up by this sound, got up and went to the bathroom. He walked into it but didn't see Melinda. He panicked.
"MEL???" he asked into the empty room. Then he heard her again and followed the sound to the kitchen. There he saw her. He ran to the bathroom and got a towel, made it wet with cold water and went back to Melinda. He put her hair in one hand and put the towel in her neck. A few minutes later she stopped vomiting and broke down. She lost consciousness.
"Mel… MEL??? CAN YOU HEAR ME?" Jim slightly hit her cheeks. "MELINDA…" but she didn't respond. He picked her up and brought her to the bedroom. On his way there she suddenly opened her eyes. "Mel… What happened???" Jim put her down on the bed and felt her forehead but she didn't have fever.
"I don't… know" she whispered. "Everything went just black. The next thing I remember is being in your arms."
"Well, yeah I was about to bring you to bed and wait 5 minutes till I wanted to call 911. You know, if something was really wrong with you you wouldn't have woken up yet. But you are… So I think it's just because of the pregnancy."
"Wow… The things you know" she still whispered.
"I know this just because of my training for becoming a paramedic, honey" he kissed her cheek but Melinda turned her head around so he touched her lips with his.
"I love you so much. I can't tell you this often enough. You're my life, my world, my everything."
"I love you, too. I want to be together with you forever."
"Honey, what are we gonna do today?" Melinda asked.
"As much as I hate to tell you this… But I have to go to work today… I have the midday-to-8pm–shift…"
"Ouh… Well, you have to do what you have to do. So I'll go to my store in order to renovate it a bit."
"What do you mean by renovate a bit?"
"You know the usual stuff… Painting the walls, moving furniture, cleaning up, decorating… Stuff like this."
"You won't do that…" he said softly.
"Why?"
"Honey, you are pregnant. The smell of the paint won't be good for you or the baby and furniture is heavy… No heavy things during pregnancy."
"But I can still clean up and decorating, can't I?"
"Sure you can. Well its 10.30am we should get ready" he went to the bathroom, took a shower and went to the bedroom to change his clothes. Melinda was doing the same.

At 11.45am they left the apartment. In the middle of the Town Square they hugged and kissed each other before heading in opposite directions. Right at the moment Melinda was opening the door to the store her cell phone rang. The caller ID told her that it was Jim.
"Hey daddy, already miss me?"
"Hey sexy mommy, of course I miss you. How could I not? I always miss you!"
"Well…"
"I just have a little question…" he interrupted her.
"Okay, go ahead."
"I'll have a break at 4pm… Wanna meet at Village Square and spend some time together?"
"No, thank you."
"Why?" he asked sadly.
"I was kidding. I'd love to meet you at 4pm."
"Okay. See you then. Love you and our little baby, too"
"Uhh… Love you back."
The hung up.

Melinda went to the basement of the store and brought the paint for the walls up. She hit her hip on the counter.
"Ouch…" she yelled. Then she wanted to go back down in order to get some more color but she couldn't because her belly hurt too much. So she sat down on a chair and waited until it got better. Then she got up again and felt a warm liquid running down her legs… Blood.
"What's happening?" she asked herself full of fear. Suddenly the ache in her belly was back but this time it was more painful. She searched her cell in her handbag which was lying next to her but there it wasn't. It was on the counter which was too far away for Melinda to reach. So she couldn't call 911 or even Jim. She was lying on the floor holding her belly screaming.

Meanwhile Jim was at the station.
"d**n… It's so boring. I mean I'm happy that Grandview's people are healthy but I don't want just to sit around here doing nothing" he said to Bobby.
"Well, then go to Village Java and take a little break. I'll call you if we have to go somewhere."
"Good idea Bobby. But I think I should go and visit Melinda… I miss her so much."
"Well, then go to her. To me it doesn't matter."
"Okay, thanks… See ya."
"Bye."
Jim left and went straight to the store. He saw no one because the windows were covered. He opened the door and heard Melinda screaming. The he saw her on the floor holding her belly.
"MEL… WHAT'S WRONG?" he yelled out.
"I… It s-s-s-sudden… suddenly started to… H-h-h-h-hurt and I'm b-b-b-b-blee… Bleeding."
Jim ran to her, took her in his arms and called Bobby on his cell.
"Hey Jimbo… I thought you'd need a break?!" he answered the phone.
"Bobby not the time for joking. I need you here at Melinda's store. I just came in and she's lying on the floor bleeding and full of pain. Please hurry."
"Okay, I'm just on my way."
They hung up.
One minute later Bobby ran into the store with his paramedic bag in one of his hands.
"Hey Bob…"
"Hey Jim, did you do anything with her?? I mean like moving her or examine her?"
"No… I didn't do anything."
"How is she? Is there more than the pain and the blood?"
"Don't you think that's enough?" Jim yelled at him.
"Sorry Jim but I have to ask that."
"I know, sorry. She's PREGNANT."
"Okay. That changes a lot. I have to bring her to the hospital. Come with me?"
"Of course."
They brought Melinda to the ambulance and drove to the hospital. There Melinda was brought into the emergency room.

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