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

"Is that true?"

Waylen nodded.

tried everything

eyes shone with hope, but the next

we find that in the cord

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

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

Waylen nodded.

"That's the idea."

mysteriously asked, "Is this because of Aidan? Tell me.I'm a doctor.I can give him

to me.She

with the boy,

Waylen frowned.

Give me your hand.I want to check

her hand and Waylen checked her pulse, then a frown

that frown, Leanna 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

"How?"

work less, don't stress yourself out,

that going

exact time frame either.And the meds and injections are torture.You should

"No.I can do this."

her family in the

the only thing I

well.I'll come up with

Leanna looked away.

yet.I'll look for a chance to

is going to take

at the

the boy

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

later, she closed up the book and

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

but every time the boy was about to fall, he would hold the

boy was

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

of bond only Aidan