SIENNA’S POVThe first thing I felt when I woke up was cold. Not the shivery kind that makes you reach for a blanket, but the sterile, too-clean cold that clung to hospital walls and whispered: What they just did? It’s not going to work.My eyelids fluttered open, heavy as bricks. The harsh fluorescent light stabbed my eyes like it had been waiting all night for this moment.“Easy, Miss Monroe.”Dr. Philip’s voice slid into my ears, calm and steady, like he wasn’t the reason my future had just been rewritten. He stood at the edge of the bed, clipboard in hand, that same professional smile plastered across his face.I tried to sit up, but the paper gown crinkled, the IV tugged, and my pride screamed louder than my body. “So… did we do it? Or was this all just a fifty-thousand-dollar nap?”"Well, It’s done,” Dr. Philip said gently.The words should have comforted me. Instead, they landed like chains.Done. Irreversible.I pressed a shaky hand to my abdomen, tears welling again. “Please,
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