Darkest Before Dawn Episode 09
Poor Tilly, Isobel thought the next morning as she got ready for work.
Her ankles had swollen and she felt too nauseous to drink the cup of tea Isobel took up to her.
“I’m going to ask Doctor Kirby to call in,” Rose said when Isobel came downstairs.
“A sick pregnancy is a healthy pregnancy,” Maud replied. “It was certainly the case with mine.”
“I remember,” Rose said. “But her swollen ankles are a concern. I don’t think she should go to work today.”
“She’s not,” Isobel told her. “I’ll catch the bus on my own.”
She missed Tilly’s company, but things were going well at work and she’d already made some friends.
The store manager was so impressed with her window that she was asked to help with others.
“You have an artistic flair, Miss Pollard,” he commented. “We should use it to our advantage.”
She couldn’t wait to tell Maud, and she knew her dad would be so proud when he found out.
She could imagine him boasting to his crew mates that his daughter had an artistic flair.
But when she got home it was to learn that Dr Kirby was concerned about Tilly and had ordered her to rest.
Under no circumstances was she to return to work. If resting didn’t bring about an improvement, she might have to be admitted to hospital.