My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF



Chapter 0485

Nina

The sterile smell of antiseptic solution filled the air. The hospital lights overhead were blinding, casting everything with a whitish glow.

As I lay there on the hospital bed, shivering in that awful, open-back gown with an IV poking out of my arm, I couldn't shake off the sense of dread that had overcome me since the moment I set foot in this place.

Finally, a young doctor walked in. Her white was coat pristine, and there was a clipboard in her hand. She looked like she hadn't slept in days, but her eyes were filled with sincere compassion.

*First and foremost," she began, her eyes flitting up to me from her clipboard. "Mrs. Rivers, the tests came back positive. You're pregnant."

I felt time stop for a beat. "Pregnant?" I blurted out. "But I took pregnancy tests-"

*False negatives are not uncommon," she interrupted, shooting me an empathetic glance.

There was a heavy pause in the room. Pregnant... All at once, I felt angry, sad, baffled, and so, so alone without Enzo by my side. I felt as though my body had lied to me, thrown me for a loop, and taken me on this gut-wrenching journey without my consent.

"But," she continued, "that's not all. More conclusive tests may be necessary, but I suspect that your pain might be from endometriosis. Have you been diagnosed before, or had any issues with your menstrual cycle?"

from my classes, but I never thought I had it. But then

bad when I was younger, so I've been on birth control pretty much

it comes to endometriosis. But the pregnancy is exacerbating your symptoms. It's no wonder you're having intense pain and nausea; those symptoms are common in early pregnancy when one has

mean?" I asked, feeling my

with a sigh, "it could make for a very difficult pregnancy, especially in the first trimester. Your chances of miscarrying will be naturally higher, especially right now due

then, I was alone again, trapped in the maze of my thoughts. This was a life-altering curveball, and I had no idea how to even begin

solace in his strength, but I also couldn't bear

looked at it. And as my eyes drifted to the clock, I realized it was nearing 4 AM. The perfect time for world-shattering revelations. The night dragged on endlessly. Each tick of the clock on the wall seemed to echo in the dimly lit hospital room, a constant reminder of the gravity of my situation. Nurses came in and

began to filter through the window. "We've managed to manage the pain with medication. You'll

wolf growled softly in the back of my mind, her way of saying, "I

right," I muttered to myself as I changed back into my sweatpants and hoodie, suddenly feeling surprisingly awake for someone who had slept all of

refreshingly chilly, a

chaos. In fact, I remembered that I had been so out of it that I

amidst the storm of emotions whirling around in my head. As I turned the key in the ignition, I

slipping my phone out of my pocket, navigating to Enzo's contact page. My finger hovered over the call button as a whole host of conflicting emotions wrestled inside of me. But finally, I pressed it and raised the phone

for what felt like an eternity, only to abruptly cut off and

at the back of my eyes, an emotional reaction I didn't want but couldn't

My voice trailed off for a moment as though my tongue refused to utter what I should have said: the truth. But for some reason, I found myself doing the exact opposite of that. "I'm just calling to...uh, check in. I wanted to see how