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Chapter 106 ~ Can you help me?

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ATHENA

“Dr. Dawson!” Rayen wriggles out of Alex’s arms the moment he spots me and dashes toward me with a wide grin.

It took a long time to get him to stop calling me mummy and just call me Dr. Dawson, but after a few explanations he gave in.

I can't lie. Seeing him hurts me, but he's just an innocent boy who finds my presence warming.

How can I push him away?

I barely have time to brace myself before he flings his arms around my waist, nearly knocking the wind out of me.

“Rayen,” I breathe, crouching to hug him back tightly. “You’re supposed to be in school.”

He pulls back just enough to pout. “I told Daddy I wouldn’t stop crying until he brought me to see you.”

I glance up at Alex, who’s now stopped a few feet away, hands in his pockets, watching quietly with unreadable eyes.

“He’s very persistent,” Alex says.

I rise slowly, my heart still a chaotic mess after everything Ian just told me.

“Hey,” Alex says softly once Rayen skips off toward the nurses’ desk. “You okay?”

I nod, too
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That explains how she got the dose. Thinking she’s involve with them dying. Leah
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