Chapter 85

“No. That’s not possible.”

He quirks his head. “Stop me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure your former husband would have s*x with you.”

Yes. All the time.

Sometimes multiple times. Daily.

I gulp.

My hands instinctively go to my stomach.

Adam’s gaze goes to the cooler across the room where he’s storing my chemotherapy then back to me.

“I, uh, can’t take the drugs to ki ll the ca ncer without k illing my baby.”

He frowns. His eyes are so kind. But the pity I see there… it ki lls

“This particular ca ncer…no.”

I tug out my hair tie and twist my hair.

his

I put off treatments. If I can carry the baby to five or six months, the

for premature births are quite good.” Adam frowns. “But if you forego treatments that long… the ca ncer will have spread

feel like I’m going to pu

clearly unnerved him. “I’ll confer with Dr.

“Hey. We both knew this

accept that I’m going to di e, but I can’t bury the

fetus or embryo are very

or something, it’s actually easier because once the embryo is implanted, it either takes or it doesn’t. You already have a successful pregnancy. Attempting a uterine procedure can complicate or terminate that. There isn’t enough science. Even at four or five months, we can do

high risk to

have enough time?”

the baby. But if you delay your treatments that long, your chances for

be any chance.

that was before the transfer of my father’s powers that have also boosted the aggressiveness of the ca ncer, it seems.

you need to abort. We can start treatments. There is still a chance that

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

want to ask more questions, but Adam looks positively frazzled, and

can we keep this information between ourselves for a

be like if I’d grown up here. Would Adam be the father of this child? Would I

hard to say. Everything happens

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