NANCY'S POVAt the hospital he did the talking at the desk. I could not have formed a full sentence if I tried. They took us back quickly. The same doctor who had seen me after I fainted came in. She remembered my face. She remembered him too. She was calm in a way that made me want to scream and thank her at the same time.I gripped Zade’s hand while she examined me.I gripped it so hard my fingers hurt. He let me. He stood beside the bed and did not look away from my face, even when I knew he wanted answers from the doctor more than anything.“Is the baby okay?” I asked, before she had even finished. “Please. Just tell me.”“Give me a moment,” she said gently.Those seconds lasted years.Then she looked up and nodded.“The baby is fine,” she said. “Heartbeat is strong. This kind of light bleeding can happen. It can be from the cervix, or from strain, or from nothing we can point to. It is frightening, but it is not a miscarriage. Not from what I am seeing now.”The words did not lan
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