gray. Eleanor sat on a plush leather sofa, her sunglasses and a disposable face mask hidin
Adams, a kind-faced woman in her fifties, w
her voice gentle. "You're about six weeks
re the doctor handed her. It was just a blurry shape,
fierce instinct took over. Her hand moved to
Dr. Adams asked, noticing the tension in h
. She stood up, her voice dropping to a strained whisper
photo and tucked it into the deepe
elevators. Her mind was a chaotic storm of fear and confusion. A baby. How
he heard hurried footsteps approac
look
enses of her sungl
li
at billowing behind him. He was staring down a
er first impulse was to duck int
n caught her movement. He stopped, his he
d his phone into his pocket and walked toward her, h
er, looking down at her masked, d
re?" he asked, his voi
to inside suddenly feeling like a burning coal. "A che
f the building. She knew he'd seen the handful of paparazzi lurking outside. His mind, alwa
lly tight, and pulled her against the
ous whisper. "You found out Seraphina was bein
ation that she couldn't speak. She j
ying to pull her arm free. "I had n
he hematology department is on the fifth floor. Y
urns into a media circus, I will make sure you walk away fro
oman, hit her with the force of a physical blow. The ultr
ling. She stopped
s, hidden behind the sunglass
lent twist, she wr
he said, the words dr
backward glance, pressing the button for the ground floor.
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