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He looked at her in horror

“If everything settles down? What are you saying—are you going to be okay?” he asked, his face suddenly pale

“The doctor wants to refer me to maternity services in Christchurch to be certain I need to wait for an appointment”

“No, no waiting I’ll get you in to see someone privately”

“I can’t afford that, Raoul,” she protested “I don’t have full cover on my medical insurance”

“I’ll pay for it I need to knohat’s going on” He diverted fro to head to the door—ht away

“Raoul, please, believe me when I say I didn’t want this to happen,” she whispered before he could leave

He closed his eyes and shook his head and she saw his throat move as he sed

“Neither did I, Alexis Neither did I Try to get some rest I’ll see to Ruby when she wakes”

He took the mobile monitor that Alexis kept at her bedside and clipped it to his belt

“But what about the couriers? I thought you had a busy day ahead”

“I do, but I’ll just have to work around it, won’t I?”

Tears of frustration pricked at the back of her eyes but she refused to let theo

“Raoul,” she said as he moved once more to leave the room “I’m so sorry”