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

bites his

carry the baby to five or six months, the child could survive then,

treatments that long… the ca ncer

I’m going to pu ke

unnerved him.

across the table and still his hand. “Hey. We both knew this was a longshot. Can we transfer the

I can’t bury the compulsion to try and save my baby.

pregnancy transfers of a fetus or embryo

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

risk to the nth

enough time?” I ask Adam.

delay your treatments that long,

There won’t be

that was before the transfer of my father’s powers that have also boosted

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

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

more questions, but Adam looks positively frazzled, and

Adam, can we keep this information between

if I’d

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