When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 131

Chapter 131



The following day, I went to the hospital to see Warren. He seemed irked upon learning that Eliana had spilled the beans about the experimental drug. "Can't tell a cold capsule from an anti-inflammatory, and she's sending you over?" he scoffed.

"I mentioned it just once, and she remembered. She's got a good memory and cares about me," I defended.

Warren quickly skimmed through my medical report and took off his glasses more dramatically than usual.

"Melanie, the radiation you were exposed to last time has me worried," he confessed, his tone grave.

That was the first time I'd seen him without his glasses, and he seemed more authoritative, his balding head notwithstanding.

Sitting across from him, I felt a twinge of anxiety. "Is it coming back?"

odds aren't great." He didn't sugarcoat his words, especially when indicating that several markers

my body could withstand a little more, at least long enough to uncover the truth behind my

but might crash any minute. I think you should

spoke with such gravity. I knew my situation was dire. I did some digging myself. Radiation from those stones had led to leukemia and cancer in many

silent, and Warren

big deal. I had to talk

situation, I shook my head.

was my line in the sand. Hospitalization would mean Clyde finding out everything. And with my condition public knowledge, any investigation I hoped to pursue would be

Labs I've been working on. It might shield you from some radiation effects in clinical trials. But, look here, there are side

list of unfamiliar medical terms made

it might affect your central nervous system, but we're unclear on

It's used to offset radiation

breathed a sigh of relief. If Warren deemed the risk minimal, it

to give it

е

to avoid a recurrence, I was all in. After all, chemotherapy