ciousness. She opened her heavy eyelids to the white cei
ed her head slightly on the pillow and saw Delmus pacing
s, he rushed over and
e awake! How
ysician in a white coat walked in holding a thick lab folder, followed closely by M
pushed his gold-rimmed glasses up his nos
your blood HCG levels, yo
Her fingers spasmed, moving instinctively to cover her flat stomach as
before Devin marched up to the bed, raised her
to the side, blood pooling at the corner of her split
ss the bed and sho
ur mind? She's a p
with rage, poin
lut! Unmarried and knocked up w
threw a stapled legal document onto Danika's lap
t a shred of warmth. "The surgery will be done immediately. The Brewer f
came out. The words simply wouldn't form. She looked from the document to her adoptive father's face, then
hing!" Dev
th and a sob. She couldn't speak. She couldn't even think. The only thing she could do was shake her
er, Alejandra curled her lip an
for your own good. You can't ruin your
ocked her eyes onto Alejandra's, and s
t o
his fist onto the m
t paper, I will throw you out of this family today, cut off e
for twenty-two years, the last ember of
his throat, looki
we must run pre-op evaluations first. The patient's vital
rror gripped Danika's chest. She twisted the bedshe
ped, her throat raw. "Just
"What is there to think
ly in front of the bed,
will call a reporter at The New York Times this second
e weighed the threat of the press.
signature isn't on the page in two days,
d stormed out, slammin
enomous glare and gra
air in this roo
e over her shoulder before followi
ees up to her chest, buried her face in the ho
ttress and wrapped his arms tigh
red thickly. "Whatever you decide,
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