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So when she shifted in bed, I said, “Doc, you up?”
“Hmm?” she replied groggily.
“I’ll pay for the third midwife.”
“Hmm, what?”
“I’ll pay for the third midwife.”
She stretched, then scooted up in the bed and turned a bedside lamp on. “Babe, what are you talking about?”
“The midwife. Having a third one will take some of the stress off you, right?”
She yawned. “Yeah…”
“So let me pay her salary. Or his salary. Dudes can be midwives?”
“Yeah, there are a few out there, but Zo…you can’t do that.”
“Why not?”
“Because you don’t own Genesis, you’re not on the board, nothing.”
“I’ll make a donation and specify it’s for the salary of another midwife.”
“Zo, why? It’s not that crucial.”
“If you’re taking fucking medicine, it is that crucial. Either let me do this or I’ma have to figure something else out, and it won’t be pretty, Doc, because right now I’m so angry I wanna tear your ex’s head off!”
She jumped a little, and it occurred to me that I was yelling. So I said, “I’m sorry,” and left the bed, pacing the floor. “I’m sorry for raising my voice, but this shit is upsetting. You’re taking blood pressure medicine? That’s serious, Doc.”
“I know, but like I said, I’m better. My dosage is lower, and I’m working toward totally getting off the medicine. I’m watching my salt, trying to make myself exercise more than just in this bed…”
She was trying to make me smile. It almost worked.
“Zo, I’m fine. I really am.”
“Doc, if something happens to you, I don’t…”
She stood from the bed, naked and looking good enough to eat. “Zo, I’m not going anywhere. I. Am. Fine. Please calm down and stop worrying about losing me in any way. I love you. I’m fine. Stop this. Okay?”
I sighed and closed my eyes as she wrapped her arms around me and leaned against my body. “Okay…but I’m still making that donation. You work too hard. You’re co-owner. You’re supposed to have more days off than you do.”
She shook her head against my chest. “That’s not something that has to happen now. Me and Cass are only considering it. Besides, I’m used to the stress of my job. It was the divorce that had my blood pressure up. That and my love of potato chips. My divorce is over, thanks to some miracle, and I’ve almost, kind of, just about given up chips.”
I chuckled.
“So I’m good.” She lifted her head and rose up on her toes to kiss me.
I smiled down at her. “Okay, but I’m making the donation. I’ll pay for two years’ salary. How much is that?”
She backed away from me. “I’m not telling you. Now let’s go back to bed so I can help you get some sleep.”
I grinned as she took my hand and led me to the bed. “How you gonna do that?”
She pushed me onto the bed and crawled on top of me. “Guess.”
