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?"

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

enough to uncover the truth behind my father's

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,

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 miners. My exposure might've been brief,

remained silent, and Warren didn't

to talk with someone, but I had no

I shook my head. "I can't be

was my line in the sand. Hospitalization would mean Clyde finding out everything. And with my condition public knowledge,

been working on. It might shield you from some radiation

list of unfamiliar medical terms made

vomiting, fainting, and nosebleeds, it might affect your central nervous system,

it. It's used to

relief. If Warren

give it a shot."

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recurrence, I was