Too Late, Doctor: She Will Never Return

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been shocked. For a moment, he snapped his head up, his dark eyes filled with raw terror, fixed on me. But the next

oft with pity. "In that case, you'll need to hire a nurse or have

hysical wound. I nodded stiffly, kept my back straig

lot. The midday sun beat down on the asphalt, heat rising from the grou

lexia said, gripping my arm. "Derek, drive us to her ap

ust call

ith no room for argument. "You almost lost your baby today! D

ar door for me without meeting my eyes. "Ge

visor, and turned on the air conditioning with practiced e

ths to help make the down payment on this exact Audi. And now I was curled up in the back like a silent outs

engine and pulled

d to look at me, her face red with anger. "What kind of person hides a woman for

the steering wheel, veins b

a, dro

t his parents! No wedding, no ring, and now her baby is in danger and he just walks away? Derek, you're a dece

ith mine. He shook his head a fraction of an inch, silently

eal reason we broke up is that he has no morals. He was s

d. Derek slammed on the brakes, the front nearly clippin

Alexia screamed, gra

r, his face was white as paper. Through the glass, h

er chest and turned back to me. "Jill, tell me his name. My father's firm has t

corder, placed the phone face down on my knee, and looked out at the gray stree

y, Alexia, you've never told me how you and Derek