Bound by Love novel · Chapter 22 of 24
Chapter 22: The Heartbeat
The family doctor had a small private office on the second floor of a medical building in Cleveland, with the blinds drawn.
She looked at the ring on my hand first, and then at Adriano standing in the doorway in his black coat.
"Mr. Corsini," she said. "Last time I told you the news in front of your uncle, and I am sorry for it."
"You told the truth," Adriano said. "Do it again."
"Sit down, then."
He didn't sit.
He stood at the head of the table with my hand wrapped in both of his.
I lay back on the paper sheet with my sweater pushed up.
The gel was cold.
The doctor pressed the probe low on my stomach and turned the screen toward us, and a gray storm moved across it.
"There," she said.
I could not see anything at first.
Then she touched a key, and a small bright flicker pulsed in the center of the gray, quick as a moth.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–6 of Bound by Love are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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