Page 12 (1/2)

I looked up then and our eyes ht and it was difficult to breathe I reached out and clamped my hand around her delicate wrist "Thank you"

She didn’t smile "Don’t thank nancy"

I sed a golf-ball-sized lump in my throat "So that’s the end of the discussion?"

She shook her head "No It’s the beginning You tell me what you want"

I blinked "I want you I want you healthy I want you to have the best chance of surviving you possibly can Eighty-five percent isn’t the greatest number, but at least it’s better than--"

She pulled her hand away from es TellTell me what you want"

I clenched my teeth in frustration "I can’t not talk about the nu inIt’s my job It’s the way my brain works"

She took a breath and looked away as a light breeze caught so around her shoulders "We’re talking about an eht months it will be a baby--our baby How does thatI had inside was icy nu but cold fear, to be honest I can’t lose you"

Her dark brows bunched together "If we end this, I may never be able to bear another child You may never be a father"

I shook , that is not the ht now--"

"It will be, someday"

"Maybe But I knohat I want now I need you to be healthy again I need for you to do everything you can to fight this"

E?"

"The other thing is that there is more than one way to become a parent If and when that becomes important to me, there will be other ways"

"For youmy body into permanent, early menopause"

I shifted my seat on the hard bench "I spent the entire day yesterday researching this You can’t do an egg retrieval because of the hor but you can have part of your ovarian tissue frozen--"