Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 287

Chapter 287

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Two days later, at noon, Ellie took a half–day off work from the Hospital. She walked numbly down the street, clutching her medical exam results.

The results showed that her body was mostly normal and ovulation was fine, but for unknown reasons, her follicles were damaged and couldn’t mature properly.

In other words, her reproductive system was severely impaired; she would never be able to have children of her own.

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than the gloomy, rainy weather. Without an umbrella,

that morning, Aaron had called

tell her only two remaining loved ones that

and now this `

overwhelming, and she felt a desperate need to find

the sky was

fog, the murky water mixed with the distant sounds of boats, their horns echoing like the helpless

no idea how long she had been standing there, until traffic behind her eased, until the overpass became

screamed toward the river, “Dad! In the next life, I will still be your daughter!” Her

street, and Alex sprinted through the rain toward her. Just a step behind Ellie,

edge of collapse, pain gripped Alex’s heart. Tears gathered in his eyes as he looked down at a

Even though the paper was soaked, he could still read it clearly. Upon reaching the last line, he was struck dumb, as if lightning

though he wasn’t a doctor, he understood what that meant.

was tearing at his heart, the pain making it hard for him to breathe. Only