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.”

tie and twist my hair.

bites his

the baby to five or six

forego treatments that long…

I’m going to pu ke again. “So it’s me or

a stack of papers. I’ve clearly unnerved him. “I’ll confer with Dr. Henley. We can run more

knew this was a longshot. Can we transfer the embryo? Maybe find a

I can’t bury the compulsion to try and save

a fetus or embryo are very rare

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.

to

time?” I ask Adam.

you delay your treatments that long, your chances for survival…”

There won’t be

was before the transfer of my father’s powers

treatments. There is still a chance that we can save you.”

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

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

myself. “Hey, Adam, can we keep this information

together. Not for the first time, I wonder what my life would be like if I’d grown up here. Would Adam

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