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‘Introduce ourselves and reassure the patient,’ Nita said firory, I’m Nita Warren and this is Sanjay Ku as part of our clinic Would you mind if we examine you?’

Theo, as sitting on the edge of his desk, smiled broadly ‘Well done, Nita Given that Maddie’s happy to be exa to do?’

‘Well, if Maddie were a real patient, I’d palpate the baby first and ask a few questions,’ Sanjay said

‘As I’nant, we can dispense with the palpations,’ Madison said It felt very strange to be lying here on the couch in the consulting roonant wonancy in relation to herself before

Supposing she were expecting a baby? And Theo, instead of being here as a doctor, was sitting by her side, holding her hand, the anxious father-to-be?

She shook herself That was the ined Theo didn’t want a permanent relationship, and he’d made it very clear that he didn’t want babies of his own No ould they ever be sitting in a ues

But no matter how hard she tried to push it away, the idea stayed put

And orried her even more was the fact that she actually liked the idea A nebulous thought about having babies someday had sharpened into focus A baby, with her own dark wavy hair and Theo’s beautiful eyes…

Oh, lord She really had to get a grip She was supposed to be role-playing a patient with oligohydra that absolutely wasn’t going to happen ‘OK, Sanjay As Iris told you, you can feel the baby’s outline very easily, you already know my blood pressure’s up, my temperature and pulse are both normal, and Iris has already done the dipstick test so there’s no protein or sugar into ask me?’

‘Have you noticed any change in the way the baby ory?’ Sanjay asked

Good call She sly at hi as much as normal, no It’s been like this for three or four days—that’s why I calledto enjoy herself This had definitely been one of Theo’s better ideas, and maybe they could do this with some of the junior staff as well as the students, to help prepare theencies

Just as long as she could keep the fantasy of actually being pregnant out of her head Yes, she wanted a child—but Theo didn’t End of story It wasn’t going to happen

Sanjay and Nita exchanged a glance ‘We’d get to see her file first?’ Nita asked ‘Because in this case I’d want to see the ultrasound results and check the size and position of the placenta’