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Chapter 40

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FELICIA

I pulled into the clinic’s parking lot and turned off the engine, resting my hands on the steering wheel for a moment. Six months; that was how far I had gone.

The thought alone made my chest tighten, not in fear this time, but in something softer… something steadier. My hand instinctively moved to my belly, rubbing gently.

“We’re doing okay,” I whispered under my breath before stepping out of the car.

The air was crisp, carrying that quiet calm hospitals always seemed to have. I walke
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