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Chapter 12:"First Sight'

Author: Christine
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-03 16:31:55

[SFX: PENTHOUSE. MEDICAL WING. 9:02 AM. SILENCE. THEN A MACHINE HUMMING.]

Levinson moved the ultrasound in at dawn.

Didn’t ask Adrian. Didn’t ask me.

“Stress levels,” he said. “We don’t wait.”

So now I was on a medical bed in Adrian’s penthouse. Paper sheet. Gel cold on my stomach. 14 weeks. One day.

Adrian stood in the corner. Arms crossed. Suit jacket off. Sleeves rolled.

Not touching. Not breathing.

[SFX: DOOR. BEEP. LOCKING.]

Marcos outside. Susan outside. Nurse outside.

Just Levinson. Me.
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