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

his lip.

I can carry the baby to five or six months, the child could survive then, right?”

frowns. “But if you forego treatments that long… the ca ncer will have spread completely. You’d be down to days left on your

to pu ke again. “So it’s me or my baby.”

a stack of papers. I’ve clearly unnerved him. “I’ll

still his hand. “Hey. We both knew this was

accept that I’m going to di e, but I can’t bury the

transfers of a fetus or embryo are very rare

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

high risk to

enough time?” I ask

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

There won’t be any

out at 5% if I started aggressive chemo and radiation immediately. And that was before the transfer of my father’s powers that have also boosted the

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

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

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

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

be like if I’d grown up

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