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.”

hair tie and

bites his lip.

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

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,

to pu ke again.

of papers. I’ve clearly unnerved him. “I’ll confer

this was a longshot. Can we

I can’t bury the compulsion to

transfers of a fetus

a successful pregnancy. Attempting a uterine procedure can complicate or terminate that. There

to

have enough time?” I

the baby. But if you delay your treatments that

There won’t be

that was before the transfer of my father’s

you need to abort. We can start treatments. There is still

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

positively frazzled, and I’m not even sure

“Hey, Adam, can we keep

wonder what my life would be like if I’d grown up here. Would Adam be the

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