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 in my reports were off, chilling me to

hoped my body could withstand a little more, at least long enough to uncover the truth behind my father's death. But then, even my survival seemed up in

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 it right away. With me on

had led to

and Warren didn't

I had to talk with someone, but

my situation, I shook

everything. And with my condition public knowledge, any investigation I hoped

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

unfamiliar medical terms made

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

nodded. "Doubt it. It's used to offset

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

to give it a shot." With

е

avoid a recurrence, I was all