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Chapter 33: The Unexpected News

Author: Iris Bloom
last update publish date: 2026-03-29 17:43:57

Silence. It stretched between them....tight, suffocating, unbearable.

Tricia stared at the doctor, her heart pounding so loudly it drowned out everything else.

This changes everything.

The words echoed in her head like a warning she wasn’t ready to hear.

“What… Do you mean?” she asked, her voice barely steady.

The doctor stepped closer, his expression calm but careful…too careful. He had done this before. Delivered news that altered lives.

But for Tricia… This was not just news. This was someth
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