Love's Change of Heart

After Leanna was done feeding the boy, Aidan took him away.

Reminded of what happened earlier, she said, "Don't bully him."

Aidan said, "That should be the other way around."

He then took the boy to the garden.

The boy lay on Aidan’s back, staring at his mother melancholically.

Naomi said, "Don't worry.He knows what he's doing."

Leanna looked away and smiled.

"I know."

Aidan was a softie, and he wouldn't say what he was really feeling out loud.

After breakfast, Leanna was about to do the dishes, but Waylen coughed.

"Umm, come with me.We need to talk."

"We'll talk after..."

Naomi took the dishes from Leanna.

"Go.I'll handle this."

She went into the kitchen.

Leanna looked away and wiped her hand, then she followed Waylen out.

She muttered, "What's wrong?"

Waylen rubbed his neck.

"Sorry if I said the wrong thing."

Leanna smiled.

"It's alright."

Waylen said, "But I was serious about you guys getting another kid.An infant's cord blood is filled with stem cells, and those are the seeds of life.They can turn into all kinds of cells the human body needs—blood cells, nerve cells, bone cells, you name it."

He continued, "And there are hematopoietic stem cells in cord blood too.It can build the immune system, and it'll be great for the boy's treatment.Maybe you'll get something more out of it too."

paused for a

"Is that true?"

Waylen nodded.

everything

eyes shone with hope, but

we find that in the cord

the boy's body might reject it.Even if we can find a matching one,

head low and whispered, "You need the cord blood of someone related to

Waylen nodded.

"That's the idea."

because of Aidan? Tell me.I'm a doctor.I can give him some drugs that

a scam to me.She forced

was pregnant with the boy, the doctor told me I might

Waylen frowned.

me your hand.I want to check your

hand and Waylen checked her pulse, then a

knew what he was going

later, Waylen pulled his

right, but we're playing a game of chance here.If you nurse your health more, it's possible for you to

"How?"

work less, don't stress yourself out, and rest

long is that

for sure.Can't tell you the exact time frame either.And the meds and injections are torture.You should talk it through with

"No.I can do this."

her family in the

only thing I

come up with a prescription,

Leanna looked away.

just yet.I'll look for a chance to bring this up

to take a few days

looked at

the boy to me at

Leanna nodded.

"Okay."

upstairs, Leanna stood around for a while before going back to her room.She took out her draft book

up the book and stood

was wobbling in the garden while Aidan was crouched down beside him, the look on his

boy, but every time the boy was

was running

felt that he was falling, he would lean on Aidan's legs and adjust his position before he ran

the kind of bond only Aidan and the boy would have.She smiled and took her phone out to make