POV: NadiaI laid on the cold metal table, gripping the paper sheet hard. Dr. Evans squeezes a glob of blue gel onto my bare belly. I flinch and gasp as the cold gel feels like ice on my skin. Then he pressed a heavy plastic wand into my stomach and moves it around."Look at the screen, Nadia," Dr. Evans says softly as I force my head to turn. My eyes widened when I stared at the gray monitor as waves of black and white static dance across the glass. Then, the doctor clicks a button, and the picture stops moving. A small, blurry gray bean appears in the middle of the dark screen.‘So this is real,’ I thought as my heart thumps hard against my ribs. ‘God, I cannot run away from this. There is a living thing inside me now and if I stay at this shelter, the De Montclair family will track me down and if I run out into the dark night, I have no money, no coat, and no home. I am just a bird trapped in a cage.’Then suddenly, a loud sound fills the tiny room. ‘Thump-thump, thump-thump, thu
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