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He understood exactly how she felt Madison had ed to reassure him—noas his turn to reassure her ‘Whatever the results show, Maddie, it won’t change how I feel about you’ He ca both her hands in his ‘If we’re lucky and the results are fine, we’re going to celebrate’

‘And if they’re not fine?’ Her voice was a cracked whisper

‘Then we have a lot of talking to do Decisions to make’ Very difficult decisions ‘But believe me when I tell you that I love you—and, whatever happens, we’re going to get through this Together’

Theo slept badly that night, lying awake next to Madison and wishing that he had soht It took every ounce of effort to concentrate on his clinic the next ; and when he’d finished, he went to find Madison

‘Any news?’ he asked

She shook her head

‘Right Come with me’ He shepherded her into his office

‘Theo, you can’t!’

‘I’ my computer’ He tapped the nu to the boffins’

She cut the connection ‘Theo, they won’t tell you You’re not my consultant’

‘No’ He felt his shoulders sag ‘Maddie, this is driving me crazy’

‘I’ll talk to the this We’re going behind Joe’s back’

‘Joe is in a delivery room’ He’d already checked on the consultant’s whereabouts ‘We can’t exactly haul hiot the results back So this is theit’

She sighed ‘Give me the phone I’ll do it’

He sat down, scooped her onto his lap and let her take the phone She hit the redial button, connected to the lab and asked about her results

And Theo wished he’d been thinking straight enough to ask her to put the phone on speakerto find out as going on

‘OK,’ Madison said Her breath hitched ‘Thank you’

And then she put the phone down and burst into tears

Oh, hell Clearly it was bad news He wrapped his arapi et through this We’ll talk it through and we’ll ht decision for us’