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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, doctors right behind them.

heart slamming against her ribs. Every cry from inside that room felt like someone was wringing her heart

An hour later-

handling Olivia’s case pulled Catlin aside. “If you want to save her

hard she felt dizzy.

Which meant her future

kids, no matter how much Chris loved her now,

voice shook. “We’ll do whatever it takes. Just save

we need to get Dr. Pierce back

“We also need Dr. Vitale

squeezed even

Macro and Allison.

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back to the same brick wall–Stephanie.

days, they’d tried everything–money, favors, pulling strings–but no matter what they offered, the answer never changed.

still came down to

Stephanie’s

up around lunchtime, claiming she wanted to grab food, but the second she walked in, Stephanie could tell- this girl

the Ashfords were reacting to Olivia’s condition–and all the things the Harts and Chris

girl really is

that headed to heaven soon.” Stephanie

ran Olivia’s tests himself, so yeah–Olivia wasn’t faking

convinced it was

shrugged, “can’t say she didn’t earn this

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