Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

That day, Gwendolyn, Carney, and James accompanied Briony to the hospital.

Screening for abnormalities with twins is much more complicated than with a single pregnancy.

It took a full half hour before the ultrasound was finished.

"All done. Here's the report-please show it to Dr. Warren," the technician said.

"Thank you," Briony replied, taking the printout and stepping out of the room. The moment she emerged, the three waiting outside hurried to meet her. Gwendolyn was the first to speak. "Bryn, what did the doctor say?"

Briony shook her head. "She didn't say much, just told me to let Dr. Warren take a look."

"Let's not wait-let's see Dr. Warren right away," Carney said, already moving down the hall.

The four of them made their way to Dr. Warren's office and handed over the

report.

Dr. Warren scanned the results, then smiled reassuringly. "From what I see here, both babies are developing perfectly."

Briony finally felt the tension in her body slip away.

"That's wonderful!" Gwendolyn pressed a hand to her chest in relief. "As long as the babies are healthy, that's all that matters."

Carney turned to Dr. Warren. "So does this mean we can rule out any effects from that radiation exposure earlier on?"

"This is the major anomaly scan," Dr. Warren explained. "It mainly checks the babies' basic physiological structures the organs, brain, and face. There will be a more detailed scan later in the third trimester, around thirty to thirty-two weeks, to look for things that might show up later, like congenital heart defects or certain neurological issues."

As Dr. Warren spoke, the little bubble of relief they'd just felt seemed to burst.

"So, what you're saying is..." Briony rested a protective hand on her belly. "A clear scan today doesn't mean there's absolutely no risk of birth defects?"

Dr. Warren nodded. "That's correct. But so far, everything looks great."

a moment, no one

right now, and the best thing you can do is stay calm. Especially you, Briony.

understand," Briony said softly. "Thank you,

Northborough.

and didn't even bother shutting the door. He hurried inside, taking the stairs two at a

a vase. She glanced up, startled to see her youngest son beeline straight

on? Where's the fire?"

glanced around, then stepped out and made his way to his father's

opened the door, strode to the desk, and began searching the drawers

one.

the third drawer, he found a

paused. He picked

was

and checked

only one entry, labeled

at the name,

had called him, saying Stewart wanted to get together. Only after he arrived did Jason realize Stewart had sent Cedric to deliver a warning: Jason's father had been spending quite a lot of time with Lauren

But since that night, he'd started paying closer attention to his father's schedule-subtly,

few days,

home and announced he'd be leaving

ever since Jason's two older brothers had joined the company, business trips had become

of suspicion Jason had tried to ignore suddenly sprouted and grew out of

this phone,

hadn't lied

father was really...

back where he'd

study, he called

said you thought your mom

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