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 else but

with hope, but the next

we find that in the cord

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

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

Waylen nodded.

"That's the idea."

Aidan? Tell me.I'm a doctor.I

like a scam to

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

Waylen frowned.

that so? Give me your hand.I

checked her pulse, then a frown furrowed

that frown, 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 you

"How?"

sleep schedule, work less, don't stress

long is that

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

"No.I can do this."

her family

thing I can do

come up with

Leanna looked away.

look for a chance to bring this up to

is going to take a few days

looked at

now.Take 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

long while later, she closed up

was crouched

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

was

felt that he was falling, he would lean on Aidan's legs

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