ae out into the quiet,

furious, was Professor Stratford-the he

. He shoved a folded white do

face red. "You are going in there a

"Absolutely not. I am not partici

o pull the NIH federal grant from our lab. If you don't walk through that door,

throat like battery acid. She thought of the three years of

m his hands. She shoved h

rubbing her hands aggressively before snappin

heavy, soundproof do

the massive hospital bed, holdin

looked up. His eyes sliced in

ooked pale, but the corners of her mouth tw

She walked to the side of the bed an

ng gel and squirted a generous amount

r stomach muscles contracting as she fl

Adrian snapped, his voice

transducer wand into Jordyn's skin,

black-and-white st

medical professional, it took her exa

ign with a standard second-trimester pregnancy. There was no clear fetal pole, no definitive heartbeat

was highly suspicio

n let out a loud, dramatic sob,

three paper towels from the dispenser

rectly at Adrian. "But the scan is highly irregular. There is no definitive

he light from the window. He stepped into Danae'

f anything happens to my child," he whispered, hi

e tilted her chin up, h

ng your money to bully p

with a toxic mixture of absolute ha

shoved him backward. She turned on her heel