Norma
op private OB-GYN clinic. Around me, expectant mothers leaned against t
an," the nur
ne into the chief physician's private office, han
chart carefully, her expression tur
r you experienced during your first delivery, we need to reserve specialty plasma
ly insurance, Massachusetts hospital compliance requires yo
urled tightl
ty waiver, or can I sign full resp
ok her head sy
ospital compliance strictly forbids single-party consent for high-
and sat on the cold bench in the hallway,
o Bryant's office this morning, the legal process would ta
he disgust in my chest, pulled out my regular phone, and di
ve times before s
wasn't Bryant's low baritone. I
uldn't hold out anymore," Candic
"Why do you have Bryan
d, her voice dripping with triumph over the soun
as so worried about me that he ditched the team charter flight and stayed an extra night in Montreal with me. He jus
, what gives an unemployed ex-therapist whose credit
r abdomen from the surge of ang
. "I'm at the hospital, and I have a medical document that r
th these pathetic medical excuses just to beg for his attention and money! Bryant told me
t dead with
tone, I stared at the darken
had signed those hospital forms only because I was giving the Norton family an heir. Now, while
sent form into four pieces, and tossed
l my future prenatal care to Synapse Bio-Lab's private medical cente
Norto
alked out of the bathroom of the Montreal s
r luggage to head to the airport and was setting my phon
casually, fastening my
ainst my chest, holding up her lightly b
town Boston," she said softly. "I hung up and cleare
sofa swinging his legs, his mouth stuffed with high-sugar gummy bears Ca
aiden jumped off the
e can fly back to Boston with Mommy
me for two whole days! Let's go back to our penthouse right now so Mommy Candice can move
ering how Emilia had dared to pack a bag and hang up on
ng up my suit jacket an
," I said, my
we would find Emilia waiting in the penthouse kitchen tonight, r
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