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.

tried everything else

eyes shone with hope, but the next second,

we find that in

body might reject it.Even if we can find

and whispered, "You need the cord blood of someone related to him for

Waylen nodded.

"That's the idea."

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

scam to

and I! didn't heal up well from that.When I was pregnant with the boy, the doctor told me I might find it hard to get pregnant

Waylen frowned.

that so? Give me your hand.I want to check

Waylen checked her pulse, then a frown

frown, Leanna knew what he was going

later, Waylen pulled

was right, but we're playing a game of chance here.If you nurse

"How?"

injections, workouts, early sleep schedule, work less, don't stress yourself out, and rest

that

day, that's for sure.Can't tell you the exact time frame either.And the meds and injections are torture.You should talk it

"No.I can do this."

her

thing I can do

up with a prescription,

Leanna looked away.

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

prescription is going to

looked at the

the boy

Leanna nodded.

"Okay."

while before going back to her room.She took

long while later, she closed up the book and

Aidan was crouched down beside him, the

didn’t seem to be paying attention to the boy, but every time the boy was about to fall, he would hold the

was

would lean on Aidan's legs and adjust

only Aidan and the boy would