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linoleum counter,
matching red plastic and stainless steel revolving stools and intimate red and
white booths.   The restaurant’s menu was
extensive including: sundaes, sodas, shakes, malts and an assortment of
burgers. And, with the jukebox playing in the background, you could almost
believe you had traveled back in time.
    Mary glanced at the clock on the wall.   She only had fifteen minutes to make it to
her doctor’s appointment, so Jodi was going to have to wait until tomorrow. Ice cream , she suddenly thought. Ice cream sounds really good. Maybe I’ll swing by after the appointment if
I have time.

Chapter Ten
    Mary pulled the Roadster into a parking spot at the clinic
on Kiwanis Avenue.   She smiled when she
saw the Police Cruiser parked a little further away. He made it and early!  
    A few minutes later they were sitting in an exam room with
her doctor, Kristine Kelnick, an OB/GYN who was about Mary’s age. She was also
a marathon runner and it wasn’t unusual to have her running shoes peeking out
beneath her surgical scrubs at the hospital.   Mary liked her open and forthright manner, and the fact that while she
was in medical school working the graveyard shift she had had her own personal
encounter with a ghost.   It made life so
much easier when your doctor didn’t think you were nuts.
    Dr. Kelnick pressed the screen on her tablet and accessed
Mary’s files. “You were in the hospital again?” she asked, her left eyebrow
lifting slightly as she looked over the file. “Abrasions, slight concussion,
bruising and…well this is interesting.”
    She looked at Mary over the tablet screen. “Did the hospital
call you about any test results?” she asked.
    Mary nodded and smiled. “Yes, the nurse called to tell me I
was pregnant.”
    “Well, congratulations,” Dr. Kelnick said. “And I’m assuming
that’s why you brought your own personal body-guard with you today.”
    “Exactly,” Mary said.
    Dr. Kelnick put the tablet on the countertop and pulled up a
chair next to the examination table. “Okay, well we can run another pregnancy
test,” she said. “But I don’t really think that’s necessary at this point.   It’s too early into the pregnancy to hear a
heartbeat or even detect the baby with an ultrasound; we’ve got to wait at
least another month for that. If something happened to the baby on Saturday,
you would see signs, spotting or bleeding. Anything like that
happening?”
    “No, nothing like that,” Mary replied.
    “Well, good,” the doctor said with a smile. “Then you’re
still pregnant and there’s no reason to assume that there’s anything wrong.”
    “You mean everything’s perfect with the baby?” Bradley
asked.
    “What I mean is, until this baby is a little older, we can’t
get any reliable data,” she said. “So, instead of worrying and assuming the
worst, you both need to be optimistic and enjoy this pregnancy.   Fretting never helped anyone.”
    “So, what should I be doing?” Mary asked.
    Dr. Kelnick met Mary’s eyes and her eyebrow rose again. “You
really need to stop getting into fights with serial killers,” she said. “Do you
think you can manage that for nine months or so?”
    Mary nodded. “I’ll leave all the serial killer fights to
Bradley.”
    “You need to eat a sensible diet,” she continued.
    Mary sighed.
    “What?” Dr. Kelnick asked.
    “I had a call from Jodi at Union Dairy,” Mary confessed. “I
was going to go over there after this appointment. I mean, it was a work call,
but I thought since I was there…”
    “I said sensible, not restricted,” the doctor said. “Ice
cream, in moderation, is sensible.”
    Mary grinned.   “I can
be sensible.”
    “Exercise is important,” she added. “But don’t overdo it.
Don’t decide you need a new exercise regime now.   Take it easy and listen to your body.”
    “I’m going to write you a prescription for prenatal
vitamins,” she continued. “Are you already feeling