It was a great factor that the professors all the time spent the entire class going over the syllabus on the primary day as a result of Keeley wasn’t processing a factor. Seeing Aaron yesterday figuring out she was pregnant along with his youngster was extra overwhelming than she had anticipated.

He was appearing the identical as regular however all the world had modified. She was going to be a mother. She was going to be his spouse once more. And she or he was afraid of each.

What if she could not defend her youngster from the viciousness of a wealthy man’s world? What if every thing occurred over once more precisely because it had earlier than? She actually could not bear to reside via that twice.

Ever since she came upon she was pregnant she had been taking further precautions. She went out and purchased prenatal nutritional vitamins instantly and seemed up what she was presupposed to eat and drink. She researched as many do’s and don’ts as she presumably might earlier than making it again to Aaron’s place.

When she walked into the lab, she affixed a surgical masks in place earlier than placing on her goggles and gloves. Erica checked out her like she was nuts. The masks have been there for scholar use however no one ever truly used them as a result of they have been annoying.

“What are you doing?”

“Following correct lab process,” Keeley mentioned crisply.

She knew the possibilities of getting contaminated by one thing have been slim since this wasn’t a biohazard lab nevertheless it was higher secure than sorry. She was fiercely protecting over this youngster. It will be born safely and healthily it doesn’t matter what it took.

Sporting the masks positively hindered her as she went about her duties. Greater than a few instances she was tempted to tear the silly factor off her face and fling it away however she resisted. The infant was extra essential than her discomfort.

She started questioning a number of the similar issues she had the primary time she was pregnant. Questions that had haunted her over time. However this time she might take into consideration them with a level of pleasure as a result of she wasn’t fascinated about her loss.

Was it a boy or a lady? Would the child look extra like her or Aaron? What sort of individual wouldn’t it develop as much as be?

Her harmless pleasure being pregnant at age twenty-four was totally different than her extra seasoned, cautious pleasure now. She might not like the truth that she felt robbed of choices however she was nonetheless thrilled concerning the new life inside her. She was going to get to be a mother this time!

She actually wanted to arrange a physician’s appointment however she wasn’t certain the place could be secure. Positively not the clinic she went to final time since Lacy Knighton had a rat in there. Would anyplace in Manhattan be secure?

When she took a toilet break, she texted Valentina. She would possibly know anyone reliable. She was surrounded by docs all day lengthy.

‘Do you have got an OB/GYN pal you’d belief together with your life?’

Surprisingly, she answered inside two minutes. ‘You do not textual content me for 2 weeks and that is the very first thing you ask me? No ‘hello Valentina, how are you’ for me?’

Okay, that was honest. ‘Hello Valentina, how are you?’ Keeley texted with a slight smile on her face.

‘Too busy for it to be the primary day of college. What do you want an OB/GYN for?’

‘I simply do. Are you aware one or not?’

‘Okay, okay, however I absolutely count on a correct clarification from you within the close to future about why you were not at Ryan’s get together. It was bizarre being the one lady there’ Valentina complained.

She sighed. She ought to have recognized this is able to come up ultimately. ‘The identify, please’

‘Dr. Felicity Chapman. She’s one in every of my professors and follows protocol extra strictly than anybody I’ve ever met’

Caring about protocol was a great signal. That lessened the chance she may very well be bribed. ‘Does she have any connections to a Dr. Jesse Rothman or Mount Sinai Hospital?’

‘No, she works solely on the NYU medical middle. Why do you ask?’

‘No explicit purpose. Thanks Val. Textual content me whenever you’re free and we will catch up’

‘I am by no means free’ she texted with a sequence of unhappy face emoticons.

Keeley needed to snicker. That a lot was true. She hadn’t seen her pal since a pair weeks after Jennica’s wedding ceremony. Medical college college students did not have a lot in the best way of social lives. It was why docs often appeared to marry one another—they did not have time to socialize with anybody else.

She had been within the rest room for longer than she might most likely get away with so she stowed her telephone away and headed again to the lab. The whole lot went again on, together with the irritating masks.

She deliberate to name Dr. Chapman within the morning and arrange a session earlier than Monday if she might. Not figuring out who could be out to get her, it could be greatest to have multiple OB/GYN.

Aaron was much more paranoid than she was by nature. There was an excellent likelihood he would set her up an appointment in a neighboring state the second he came upon.

Keeley was within the lab till 8 PM like she normally was and he introduced her over meals round time for dinner with out saying a phrase about it beforehand. This type of consideration was what she was coming to count on from him.

She gave him a tragic type of smile as he handed over the sandwich bag that matched her conflicted ideas. He seemed her up and down suspiciously.

“Are you certain you are okay? I believed you have been simply drained from touring nevertheless it’s spilled over into in the present day too.”

“Perhaps I am coming down with one thing.”

Aaron frowned. “Nicely, you’ll want to maintain your self correctly. You may’t afford to get sick now throughout your final semester. You’ve gotten an excessive amount of to do.”

Laughter bubbled up in her throat. She knew how busy she was higher than anyone. His concern was candy although.

Since they have been sitting up towards the wall close to the lab door, she leaned her head towards his shoulder for a second. “I do know. Thanks for caring about me.”

He hesitated briefly earlier than twisting his head a bit to kiss her brow. “After all I care about you, foolish lady. Who else would I presumably care about however you?”

His phrases each made her really feel responsible and heat and fuzzy inside. It was on the tip of her tongue to say he would care about their child too however saved it to herself. Now wasn’t the time. She nonetheless needed to eat her sandwich earlier than her break ended.