I cringed at the thought. Every cell in my body revolted at the idea, and I started to feel a little nauseous. “Don’t push, Bell. I need to heal in my own way, in my own time.”

Bell groaned. “She’s going to become a hermit.”

“I am not. I’m setting up my new business. I have you, Caelyn, and the kiddos. I’ve even started to come around on that sketchy Ford character.”

Bell snorted. “Who would’ve thought we’d ever see the day?”

I felt a trickle of guilt at the reminder of how tough I’d been on Ford when he came back to town. He loved my best friend with a ferocity I hadn’t thought possible. “I think he’s worth keeping around.”

My stomach twisted again. This time, I felt like I was sailing on an especially rough sea. I set my ice cream down, taking a deep breath in through my nose and letting it out of my mouth.

“Kenna, are you okay?” Caelyn was instantly by my side.

“I’m not feeling so good all of a sudden.” I was clammy, and the nausea was only getting worse.

“Come on, let’s get you to the bathroom, just in case.” Caelyn helped me to my feet, Bell taking my other arm to steady me.

“Geez, you were fine a second ago. What brought this on?” Bell asked.

“I don’t know.” It might’ve been all the talk of moving on from Crosby, my body’s way of vetoing that idea, but I didn’t want to admit that to Bell.

As soon as we were in sight of the bathroom, my gut pitched. I hurried inside just in time to empty the contents of my stomach into the toilet. Bell held my hair back as I heaved. I heard water running and then felt a cool cloth being placed on the back of my neck.

When there was nothing left in my stomach, I sat back on my haunches, flushing away the evidence of my sickness. God, I felt awful.

Caelyn looked worried. “I hope you don’t have the flu. Maybe it’s food poisoning. What have you had to eat in the past day?”

I thought back, searching my mind. “Nothing out of the ordinary.”

Bell was quiet as she stared at me. “You’ve been sleeping more than normal too, lately.”

“I guess so.” I had been tired recently, needing a little nap in the afternoon or going to bed super early. But that made sense with everything that had been going on. I was worn down. Emotionally and physically.

Bell’s lips pursed. “I think we need to get you a pregnancy test.”