Chapter 0413

Gently, I knocked on Susie’s door. It was already partially opened. When I knocked, the door pushed farther inward. Susie was resting in bed. Nicholas was standing beside the bed, speaking with her. I had just watched the doctor leave before I knocked.

Susie saw me and waved me closer. As I followed her direction, I noticed she was visibly upset. Her face was red and splotchy. There were tear stains down her cheeks. She was still crying.

“I’ll speak again with the doctor,” Nicholas said, and after a quick concerned glance at me rushed to chase after the doctor. At that pace, he’d catch her in the hallway.

With him gone, I took his place at Susie’s side. With her crying like she was, it still felt too far, so I stepped closer until I was leaning on the bed.

“I’ll speak with Bridget again,” I said. “I’ll absolutely insist that she change our parts. Susie, I’m so sorry that I didn’t fight harder. I never should have made you go up there.”

Susie shook her head.

When she didn’t speak, I continued, “I promise that we’ll find a way to protect you from your stage fright. I’ll beg Bridget if I have to. Surely she’ll be able to see

reason now.

“Piper…”

Susie. I’ll do whatever

about the

my open mouth. Gave it some thought. Then

was my oldest friend here, and one of the dearest. If something happened to her, I

needed medical care, she

tears spilled

I stared at her.

+15 BONES

thoughts fizzled into static

Mark had been intimate, but… pregnant? They weren’t married. They weren’t even officially a couple. Susie was here, supposedly, to be trying to win the heart of one of the princes.

Now she was pregnant!

did Mark say?” I

down her cheeks, this time with a

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