Dorothy was up a little late. She forced herself to wash her face before carefully making her way downstairs. Beatrice, who was in the kitchen, immediately left what she was doing to help Dorothy sit.

"Harrison said you shouldn鈥檛 stress yourself if you want to recover quickly," Beatrice said gently.

"Mom, it鈥檚 okay. It鈥檚 been days since the accident. I鈥檓 fine already. I can鈥檛 keep lying down morning and night. I鈥檓 pregnant. If I don鈥檛 get some ...