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And worse? Stephanie didn’t just argue–she threw hands.

But the moment Catlin remembered Stephanie might’ve been treated like dirt over there, that old motherly guilt started creeping in.

Then, of course, Stephanie would do something to piss her off all over again, and Catlin would regret ever bringing her

back.

“Mom,” Olivia said softly, “if you want to spend more time with her, it’s okay. I really don’t mind.”

Catlin sighed. “You’re too good to me.”

Truth was, her heart ached for both girls.

She’d been avoiding Stephanie these past few days, she just needed space to think.

Chad was right. Stephanie wasn’t raised in this house, so acting like some perfect daughter wasn’t in her programming.

Maybe, once Olivia got better, they could actually figure out how to deal with her.

Before Catlin could say anything else, Olivia suddenly gasped, then cried out in pain. Her whole body curled up tight, hands clutching her stomach.

Catlin panicked. “Olivia! What’s wrong? Baby, talk to me!”

“It hurts… It hurts so bad.”

“Doctor, doctor!”

chaos–nurses rushing in,

in the hallway, heart slamming against her ribs. Every cry from inside that

An hour later-

specialists who’d been handling Olivia’s case pulled Catlin aside. “If you want to save her uterus, we need Dr. Pierce

dropped so hard she felt

uterus. Which meant her

tolerated Olivia as it was. If she couldn’t have kids, no matter how much Chris loved her now, that love might not hold

do whatever it takes. Just save her.”

Dr. Pierce back as soon as possible.”

glance. “We also need Dr. Vitale on

heart squeezed

Macro and Allison.

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them right back to the same brick

strings–but no matter what they offered, the answer

came

at Stephanie’s place—

she wanted to grab food, but the second she walked in,

the things the Harts and Chris were scrambling to

girl really is

that headed to heaven soon.” Stephanie

Pierce ran Olivia’s tests himself, so yeah–Olivia

had been convinced it was all an

say she didn’t

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