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Chapter Thirty One

Kumba.I wake up to sunlight, and for a second, I don’t move. I just lie there, staring at the ceiling, trying to piece together where I am without actually thinking about it.Then I feel it, a body next to mine, Moraa. Everything from last night comes back in fragments, blurred edges, sharp moments, the taste of whiskey still sitting heavy at the back of my throat.I close my eyes briefly, exhaling through my nose.“Good morning,” her voice comes out, soft, almost careful.I turn my head slightly.She is sitting up in bed, a tray balanced neatly across her lap. Breakfast, Juice, Coffee, the whole picture of something domestic. It's one of the things I always loved about her, she was feminine. I look at her and she is smiling up at me, I push myself up slowly, my body heavier than usual, my head dull but manageable.“Morning,” I mutter.She shifts closer, placing the tray in front of me like it means something.“I thought you might be hungry,” she says. “You didn’t really eat anythi

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Chapter Thirty Two

Kumba. It has been a few days since my confrontation with Gesare at the parking lot and yet her words still haunted me. I have always loved being in control, having things go my way, but everything was beyond my control here and it was killing me. This is the only place I always felt in control but somehow I still felt like I was not in control. I stand by the desk, flipping through a set of documents for the meeting I have in less than thirty minutes, my attention split between numbers, projections, and timelines.This is where I belong, not hospital parking lots, here I am always in control, everyone listens to me, they take orders from me. I walk over to the window overlooking the city when my phone vibrates against the desk.I glance at it and see the name Ray and my jaw tightens instantly. I had forgotten to let him know to stop looking into Gesare and her past and I am certain he is cal

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Chapter Thirty Three

Kumba.One second I’m leaving the cafe, the envelope tight in my grip, my mind running in circles and the next, I’m pulling into my mother’s driveway harder than I should.For a few minutes I just sit in my car in my mother's parking lot holding the envelope.I grab the envelope from the passenger seat and step out, slamming the door shut behind me harder than necessary. My steps are quick, sharp, controlled but just barely.Because something is off and I need answers.If Gesare and Moraa know each other's then there is a possibility she knows about the pregnancy too which is not good for me. I get out of the car and head to the front door, I don't even bother knocking. I push the door open and walk straight in.“Mom.”My voice cuts through the house, firm and unyielding.A few seconds later, she appears from the hallway, her expression shifting from mild curiosity to concern the moment she sees my face.“Kumba?” she says. “What’s wrong?”I don’t answer her, instead, I walk past her

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Chapter Thirty Four

Moraa. The message comes at the worst possible time or maybe the perfect one depending on how you look at it. I’m lying on the couch, staring at the ceiling, my mind replaying the morning over and over again, Kumba’s voice, his touch, the way he held me like he meant it and yet somehow didn’t.It should have comforted me but it didn’t.Something has been off for a while now. I feel it in the way he looks at me, like he is present, but not really here. Like part of him is somewhere else.Somewhere I can’t reach and I hate that feeling of not knowing.My phone buzzes beside me, I don’t reach for it immediately.I assume it’s him but when I pick it up it's an unknown number.I frown slightly before picking it up, unlocking the screen, and opening the message.“There is something your doctor isn’t telling you about the day of your insemination.” the texts saysI sit up slowly and my heart starts to race. I read the message again wondering if I read or wrong or maybe it's a wrong number

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Chapter Thirty Five

Dr. Valentina. I have handled difficult patients before, emotional ones, angry ones, desperate ones, it all comes with the job.But this?This is different.Because the moment Moraa asks that question“What really happened the day of my insemination, Dr. Valentina?” something inside me stills but not outwardly.Outwardly, I remain exactly what I have trained myself to be over the years: composed, attentive, controlled.But internally?Everything sharpens.Because that question isn’t random.It isn’t curiosity, it's direct and targeted. I study her carefully, my fingers resting lightly against the edge of my desk, my posture straight, my expression neutral.“I'm not sure I understand what you are implying,” I say, keeping my tone even.Measured and professional.She doesn’t blink or soften.If anything, she leans further into it.“Oh, I think you do,” she replies quietly.There is something in her voice now.Not just suspicion.That’s what unsettles me.Because conviction means she b

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Chapter Thirty Six

Dr. Valentina. Not to moments I can’t fully control anymore.I have been trying to bury the events of that day, but I knew this day was going to come. I just didn't think it would be this soon. The second I hang up with Kumba, the second the silence settles too heavily in my office, my mind does what I have been forcing it not to do for weeks, to go back to that specific day.The day everything was supposed to be a normal routine I had done it a million times, it was the easiest procedure, very predictable except it wasn't like the others. I lean back in my chair, closing my eyes slowly, letting the memory come whether I want it to or not.I remember seeing the file on my desk, which was not unusual at all, it was supposed to be another patient. I remember reaching for it, flipping it open absentmindedly, already thinking about the next appointment, the next case, the next, that's what happens when you have been working my job for years. And then I saw it.m, her name, the name th

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Chapter Thirty Seven

Dr. Valentina. Three years ago feels like a completely different lifetime. Before I became this new woman who worked all the time. Back then, I still believed in people so naively, I still believed that friendships meant something.That loyalty wasn’t something you had to question.That the people closest to you wouldn’t be the ones to hurt you the most.I was wrong.I met Moraa my first week of med school.Freshman year, Orientation day.I remember being overwhelmed, new environment, new faces, the quiet pressure of knowing this was where everything changed and where everything began, and then there she was.This confident bubbly girl, the kind of person people noticed without even trying, she literally lit up a room every time she walked in. She walked up to me like we already knew each other, like there was no space for hesitation or awkward introductions.“You look like you need a friend,” she said, smiling and I remember laughing because she wasn’t wrong, and just like that we

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Chapter Thirty Eight

Dr. Valentina By the time he arrives, I have already gone over the files three times, not because there is anything new to find but because I need to be sure.I go through everything, the names, the time stamps, the signatures, everything in my head. None of it feels that way anymore.The knock comes once and I already know who it was“Come in,” I say.The door opens, and there he is, he doesn’t greet me or waste his time with formalities.He walks in like he owns the space, his presence filling the room instantly, his expression hard and unreadable.“What’s going on?” he asks going straight for it. I exhale slowly, setting the file down in front of me.“Moraa was here,” I say and notice his jaw tightens at the mention of her name.“When?”“Earlier today.”He steps further into the room, his gaze locking onto mine.“And? What did she want?”“She was asking questions,” I continue. “About the insemination.”There’s a pause before he speaks again, but he seems a bit confused now“And?

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Chapter Thirty Nine

Kumba.I push through the glass doors, stepping into the parking lot, the late afternoon sun hitting harder than it should. For a second, I just stand there, my hand tightening around my car keys as everything Dr Valentina said replays in sharp fragments.Moraa was asking questions about the inseminationBecause what started as a mistake something clean, unfortunate, explainable is turning into something else entirely.I unlock my car and get in, the door shutting with a dull thud that feels louder than it should. The engine starts, smooth, familiar, grounding.I pull out of the parking lot, merging into traffic, my mind already working ahead, connecting pieces that refuse to settle into anything solid.Valentina is scared and that much is clear, I could see it her face, hear it in her voice. I have known her for a while now, and not many things scare dr Valentina which is why this was unsettling. My phone rings and I glance at the screen and it's Ray my private investigator.I pic

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Chapter Forty

Kumba.The night is too quiet, or maybe it’s just me.I sit by the pool, a glass in my hand, the ice long melted, the whiskey warm now but I drink it anyway as it burns my throat going down. I nerd that because my head won’t shut up.The file Ray left earlier is still open on the table beside me, pages slightly bent from how many times I have gone through them.It has names, dates, connections to each other everything I needed which is why I always went to Ray for stuff like this, he was very thorough. I take another sip, leaning back in the chair, my eyes drifting to the water which was still and calm, with a reflection of the sky with the stars and moon. Just like everything else in my life right now.I reach for my laptop again, opening it even though I already know what I’m going to find, or rather what I’m not going to find.Gesare, I type her name again and searched, there is barely any

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