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.”

tug out my hair tie

his

say I put off treatments. If I can carry the baby to five or six

to 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

pu ke again. “So it’s me or

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

reach across the table and still his hand. “Hey. We both knew this was

but I can’t bury

pregnancy transfers of a fetus or embryo are very

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 time when

I’m high risk to the nth

I have enough time?” I ask

if you delay your treatments that

won’t be any

that was before the

start treatments. There is still

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

looks positively frazzled, and I’m not even sure what

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

would be like if I’d grown up here. Would

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