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?"

great." He didn't sugarcoat his words, especially when indicating that several markers in my reports were off, chilling me to the

hoped my body could withstand a little more, at least long enough to uncover the truth behind my father's death.

you no favors," Warren explained. "You're kind of like a glitchy app right now-still going but might crash any minute. I think you should be in the hospital so we can keep an eye on things constantly. If anything goes wrong, we can handle

from those stones had led to leukemia and cancer in many miners. My exposure might've been brief, but as

and Warren didn't press

had to talk

I shook my head. "I

finding out everything. And with my

from Aurora Labs I've been working

of unfamiliar medical terms made

your central nervous system, but we're unclear on the specifics." "Could it trigger

It's used to

breathed a sigh of relief. If Warren deemed the risk

want to give it a

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a recurrence, I was all