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 a

"Is that true?"

Waylen nodded.

tried everything

eyes shone with hope, but the next

in

find a matching one, it won't do much good for his

low and whispered, "You need the cord blood of

Waylen nodded.

"That's the idea."

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

scam to me.She

from that.When I was pregnant with the boy, the doctor told me I might find it hard to get pregnant

Waylen frowned.

me your hand.I want to check your

and Waylen checked her pulse, then a frown furrowed

Leanna knew what

moment later, Waylen

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

"How?"

work less,

long is that

single day, that's for sure.Can't tell you the exact time frame either.And the meds

"No.I can do this."

her

is the only thing I can do for

well.I'll come up with a prescription,

Leanna looked away.

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

is going to

looked at the

lab now.Take the boy to

Leanna nodded.

"Okay."

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

closed up the book and

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

paying attention to the boy, but every time the boy was about to fall, he

boy was

would lean on Aidan's legs and adjust his position before

nonetheless.It was the kind of bond only Aidan and the boy would have.She