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E the screen that she hadn't realised that Marco had co over her head at the ie of their baby

‘Oh I think we can safely say that he is a he' the girl told hi silent as she ave way to a frown of concentration

Why wasn't she saying anything? E at the screen so intently? Her heart thumped with fear

‘What is it?' E?’

‘When it is finished you'll be able to go and get dressed' the girl told her sot an appointment to see Mr Bryant-Jones I think?’

‘Yes' E with my baby'

‘Mr Bryant-Jones will discuss the scan with you' The girl was using her professional nised shakily She looked at Marco She could see in his eyes that he too are of the heavy weight of what the girl had not said hanging in the roo shed seen on the scan had been yawning and stretching—to her eye he looked co unnecessarily Maybe this was just a routine check

Her fingers trembled as she re-dressed herself On the other side of the curtain, she could hear Merle, the nurse, telling Marco that as soon as Emily was ready she would escort them down to see the obstetrician

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

EMILY could feel her anxiety bathing her skin in perspiration as they were shown into the obstetrician’s office Mr Bryant-Jones was s, but not as widely as he had done the first time she had seen him

‘Ah E past her towards Marco, but before E his hand and saying curtly ‘Prince Marco of Niroli I am the baby's father’

‘Ah Yes Excellent’

Mr Bryant-Jones, why have I had to have another scan?1 Eer ‘And this three-D scan, what is that—? Why?’