Chapter 85

“No. That’s not possible.”

He quirks his head. “Stop me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure your former husband would have s*x with you.”

Yes. All the time.

Sometimes multiple times. Daily.

I gulp.

My hands instinctively go to my stomach.

Adam’s gaze goes to the cooler across the room where he’s storing my chemotherapy then back to me.

“I, uh, can’t take the drugs to ki ll the ca ncer without k illing my baby.”

He frowns. His eyes are so kind. But the pity I see there… it ki lls

“This particular ca ncer…no.”

my hair tie

his

baby to five or six months, the child

keep the baby in NICU. But the statistics for premature births are quite good.” Adam frowns. “But if you forego treatments that long… the ca ncer will have spread completely. You’d be down to days left on your life,

see.” I feel like I’m going to pu ke again. “So it’s me or my baby.”

starts rifling through a stack of papers. I’ve clearly unnerved him. “I’ll confer with

We both knew this was a

I can’t bury

a fetus or embryo

this was IVF or something, it’s actually easier because once the embryo is implanted, it either takes or it doesn’t. You already have a successful pregnancy. Attempting a uterine procedure can complicate or terminate that. There isn’t enough science. Even at four or five months, we can do more with a premature delivery. The first trimester is a

high risk to the nth

have enough time?” I

the baby. But if you delay your treatments that long, your chances

won’t be any

And that was before the transfer of my father’s powers

you need to abort. We can start treatments. There

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

want to ask more questions, but Adam looks positively frazzled, and I’m not even sure what to ask.

shell shocked myself. “Hey, Adam, can we keep this

life would be like if I’d grown up here. Would Adam be the father of this child? Would I be

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