Martin Stovall woke to hear his wife in the bathroom. Listening he knew that she could be experiencing morning sickness. Throwing on some clothes to maintain modesty; Martin heads to the downstairs bathroom. After relieving himself, he washes his hands and goes to the kitchen to get breakfast ready.
Since he arranged things to allow him to work from home today and tomorrow, what with Julie under house arrest; Martin allowed himself an extra hour of sleep. Still he had work that needs completing; So he gets a pot of coffee brewing and starts frying up some bacon and eggs. Minutes later Melissa comes down holding the pregnancy kit she bought yesterday.
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30 minutes earlier
Melissa is up and the first to the washroom. Feeling under the weather she knew she was going to be in here for some time. The first think she does is read the instruction on the box of her recently bought kit. Squatting over the toilet she pees into a cup and places the applicator end into the yellow liquid. Propping the cup and tester on the counter she undresses and takes a shower. Or tries to take a shower.
As soon as she feels the warm water hit her body; Melissa starts to heave. The first retching came up primarily stomach acid and a bit of juice she drank from last night. The retching that followed afterwards was most dry heaves. Minutes later Melissa gets out. Still feeling sick but no longer heaving. Grabbing the tester and throwing out the cup containing her pee; She puts her bathrobe on and walks downstairs.
As Melissa heads towards the kitchen, she sees Martin in jeans and a t-shirt cooking up eggs and bacon. Martin smiles; but as soon as Melissa gets a whiff of bacon cooking, she starts feeling queasy again and makes a bee line to the washroom Martin just used. Martin clearly hears Melissa heaving and stops what he is doing. Grabbing a glass he opens the fridge door and pours a glass of apple juice. He places it on the Kitchen Island and heads back to the bacon before it burns.
Melissa comes out of the bathroom feeling a little better. She enters the kitchen just as Martin is eating breakfast. She notices the apple juice left for her and takes a small sip. “You want to chance some eggs and bacon?” Martin asks. “Or are you afraid you might throw that up?”
Melissa doesn’t answer. She just sips her apple juice. Placing the glass down; Melissa finally looks at the pregnancy test. She compares the symbol on the tester to the legend on the box and gasps slightly.
“What is it?” Martin asks.
She hands him the kit. Martin looks at both the tester and the box and sees what gave Melissa her slight shock. “So it’s official?” Looking at Melissa.
Melissa just nods.
“You’re pregnant,” He states.
Melissa just nods.
Martin gets up to hug her. They stay like this for a few minutes. Before Martin let’s go. “I’m going to call Frances and have her come over,” he comments.
While it was still early in the day, Frances did pick up and agreed to be over in an hour. Martin hangs up the phone and goes back to embracing his wife.
“Martin,” Melissa finally speaks. “I want to save our marriage.”
“So do I, Melissa;” A teary Martin answers. “So do I.”
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Dr. Frances Twist just woke up. After last night’s disaster at dinner with the Anderson; she was hoping to get a call from the Stovall’s. Seconds later her wish came true. Surprised that it was Martin on the other end; stammering to have her come over right away. Frances quickly agrees to be there in an hour. Samantha stirs and tries to distract Frances, but to no avail.
“Sorry dear,” Frances speaks. “I have to head over to the Stovall residence.” Frances continues as she quickly gets dressed. “Emergency counseling session.” Frances give Samantha a quick kiss and flies out the door.
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Alyssa wakes up in her hotel room feeling refreshed from last night. While she was still seeking the company of Melissa Stovall; She did enjoy her session with young Brian Walker. Quickly using the washroom; Alyssa gets dressed and heads out the door to her car. She decided that the best way to get an answer from Melissa is to make a personal appearance at the Stovall residence. And if that answer is no; do what she can to turn ‘no’ into a ‘yes’.
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Sheriff Cooper was heading to the station when he notices her cousin drive past her. While he was not driving a cruiser; he pulled a U-turn and followed her from a discreet distance. He was determined to talk to his sex addled cousin and try to get her to stop humping everything with a pulse; especially if that pulse belonged to a Stovall.