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#Chapter 23 Rumors
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Rachel POV
Camelot Records
Morning sickness persistently bothered me. I couldn't count on it to go away as the day wore on either. Sometimes I would feel nauseated all day long from the time I woke up until the time I went to bed.
I was tired often, too.
No one had warned me pregnancy could be so hard on the body. I was used to being healthy and able to do anything I chose. Feeling as if I needed to nap often, needing to keep ginger ale and crackers with me all the time to avoid being sick, and having body aches was totally foreign to me.
I would have had second thoughts about the baby except no matter how terrible I felt physically, I was elated mentally.
Every day was filled up with joy at the knowledge my baby was growing while I was making music I loved.
Dylan Roberts hadn't bothered with me which was nice. I worried he would notice something to do with my pregnancy and stir up trouble for me with Ty
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