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?"

especially when indicating that several markers in my reports were off, chilling me

enough to uncover the

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

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

remained silent, and Warren didn't

big deal. I had to talk with someone, but I had no

situation, I shook my head.

mean Clyde finding out everything. And with my

an experimental drug from Aurora Labs I've been working on. It might

medical terms

nosebleeds, it might affect your central nervous system, but we're unclear on the specifics." "Could it trigger a third recurrence?" I asked

it. It's used to

of relief. If Warren deemed the risk minimal, it was

want to give it a shot."

е

a recurrence, I was all in. After all,