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."

for

"Is that true?"

Waylen nodded.

everything else

hope, but the next second,

in the cord

if we can find a matching one, it won't do much

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

Waylen nodded.

"That's the idea."

Tell me.I'm a doctor.I can give him some drugs that can help him

scam to me.She forced

didn't heal up well from that.When I was pregnant with the boy, the doctor told me I might

Waylen frowned.

Give me your

raised her hand and Waylen checked her pulse, then a frown furrowed

knew what he was going

Waylen

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

"How?"

workouts, early sleep schedule, work less, don't

is that

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."

looked at her family in

thing I can do for

well.I'll come up with

Leanna looked away.

tell Aidan just yet.I'll look for a chance to bring

is going to take

at the

going to the lab now.Take the boy to

Leanna nodded.

"Okay."

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

up the

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

to be paying attention to the boy, but every time the boy was

boy was

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

scene, but it looked fine nonetheless.It was the kind of bond only Aidan and