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Sitting on the exa her, and her bare feet hanging off the padded lip, Layla felt as though she were surrounded by instruments of torture And she supposed she was All manner of stainless-steel implements were laid out upon the countertop by the sink, their clear plastic wrappings indicating they were sterile and prepared for use

She had been at Havers&039;s clinic for an absolute eternity Or at least, it see ride across the river, when the butler had driven like he knew time was of all essence, ever since she had arrived herein there had been delay after delay Fro for the nurse, to the waiting for Havers to present the blood test results to her

It was enough to make one mad in the head

Across fro upon the wall, and she had long e&039;s brushstrokes and colors, the bouquet of flowers depicted in vibrant blues and yellow The nah

At this point, she never wanted to see irises again

Shifting her weight about, she gri, and she was horrified to realize that she was going to need another soon -

The door opened on a knock, and her first instinct was to run - which was ridiculous This here she needed to be

Except it was merely the nurse who had settled her here, taken that blood sample and her vitals, and made notations on a coency I just want to reassure you that you are next in line"

"Thank you," Layla heard herself say

The female came over and put a hand on Layla&039;s shoulder "How are you doing?"

The kindness made her blink quickly "I fear I shall need another" She pointed down at her hips

The nurse nodded and squeezed gently before going over to the cupboards and extracting a peach-wrapped square "I&039;ve got more here Would you like me to take you back down to the bathroom?"

"Yes, please - "

"Wait, don&039;t get on your feet yet Let et you a better cover"

Layla looked down at her hands, her tangled, knotted hands that could not be still "Thank you"

"Here you go" Soet you standing"

Sliding off the table, she wobbled a little, and the nurse was right there, taking hold of her elbow, steadying her

"We&039;re going to go slowly"

And they did Out in the hall, there were nurses rushing fro for appoint at a dead runand Layla couldn&039;t believe she had ever been as fast as them To keep out of the crush, she and her kindly escort stayed close to the wall to avoid getting mowed over, but the others were really quite nice As if all knew that she suffered in so to coot to the facilities "Your blood pressure is very low and I&039;m concerned you&039;re a fall risk, okay?"

As Layla nodded, they went in and the lock was turned The nurse relieved her of the blanket, and she aardly shuffled the paper out of the way

Sitting down, she -

"Oh, dearest Virgin Scribe"

"Shh, it&039;s okay, it&039;s all right" The nurse bent down and gave her the fresh pad "Let&039;s take care of this You&039;re all righthere, no, you&039;ll want to give that to me We have to send it to the lab There&039;s a chance it can be used to deter to want that inforain As if the loss was already done

The nurse snapped on gloves and got a plastic bag fros were taken care of discreetly and with alacrity, and Layla watched as the na in black marker

"Oh, honey, it&039;s okay"

The nurse took off her gloves, snapped out a paper towel fro Layla&039;s chin in her gentle hand, she carefully dried cheeks that had beco through I lost one, too" The nurse&039;s face became beautiful with compassion "Are you sure we can&039;t call your hellren?"

Layla just shook her head

"Well, let e your mind I know it&039;s hard to see them upset and worried, but don&039;t you think he&039;ll want to be with you?"

Oh, however was she going to tell Qhuinn? He had see, as if he had already looked into the future and stared into the eyes of their young This was going to be a shock

"Will I know if I ever was pregnant?" Layla mumbled

The nurse hesitated "The blood testyou are hat&039;s happening"

Layla stared at her hands again Her knuckles hite "I need to knohether I&039; that occurs when one does not conceive That&039;s important"

"It&039;s not for h Don&039;t you" Layla looked up and ain, it&039;s not my place, butwith this nant"

The nurse"Don&039;t tell Havers I said thisbut probably And youyou can do to stop the process It&039;s not your fault, and you&039;ve done nothing wrong It&039;s just, so her head "Thank you for being honest with "

"A female knows Now, let&039;s take you back"

"Yes, thank you veryher panties in place as she stood up When it becaet her hands coordinated, the nurse stepped in and helped with enviable ease, and it was all so e To be so weak and at the

"You have the eous accent," the nurse said as they rejoined the traffic in the hall, sticking once again to their slow lane "It&039;s so Old Country - lish has beco to be the downfall of the species"

The conversation about nothing in particular helped, giving Layla so to be able to go until she needed toworse with theto be like when she was forced to look Qhuinn in the eye and tell him she had failed

Somehow they made it back to the exaer I promise"

"Thank you"

The nurse paused by the door, and as she went still, shadows crossed the depths of her eyes, as if she were reliving parts of her own past And in the silence between theh it was unusual to have so in common with an earthbound female, the connection was a relief

She had felt so alone in all this

"We have people you can talk to," the fe afterward can really help"