When I woke up, I was in the hospital we had arranged beforehand, with tubes all over my body.
Carter was pacing back and forth at the door, looking extremely worried.
The doctor was a young woman who kept tearing up out of sympathy.
"Miss Winters, is that gentleman who brought you in your boyfriend?"
I shook my head, "No, just a stranger I met on the beach."
The girl's face brightened, and she patted her chest, letting out a long sigh of relief.
"I got chills! Thank goodness it was just a Good Samaritan! I thought that gentleman was having an affair! He just got a call that his darling is pregnant. He's been pacing out there for ages. I'm so relieved it wasn't what I feared..."
I watched Carter's silhouette and let out a derisive chuckle.
"So that's why he's all worked up. His darling is pregnant, he must be in quite a state! Tell him I'm fine, he should go take care of his own business."
The girl bounced out cheerfully.