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“Come in,” said Jonathon

“Hello,” Dr Crane greeted upon entering the house

Yippee, tiet poked and prodded, and all kinds of other tortures

He set his bag down on the coffee table and proceeded to listen to my heart and take my blood pressure “How have you felt today?” he asked as he took my heart rate

“Perfectly nore,” I muttered

“Hmm, your heart rate’s a little fast,” he frowned He pressed his ice cold hands to e He pushed it again My stoive like it should have His eyebrows raised and he poked the other side of my stomach It moved “Peculiar,” he muttered to himself Jonathon looked worried “I wonder…” Dr Crane murmured

“You wonder what?” I asked It drove me nuts how he always talked to hi?

He pulled out his portable ultrasound He first put it to the side of e of our son filled the screen His heartbeat was a fast little flicker on the screen, like a hu that heartbeat Dr Crane had told me that it was normal for a dhampir’s heart to beat faster than was nor anyway I was pretty sure I worried about everything when it came to the baby

He moved the ultrasound to the other side of my stomach The screen immediately went fuzzy A crease appeared in the doctor’s brow “So, strange,” he muttered And it was Jonathon leaned in towards the monitor His brow creased too like the doctors He removed the ultrasound device from my stomach and shook his head

“I’ll be back in theFeel free to call if you need one

I put my hand onto the ultra sound device, it was doing that every tiure out why He’d even replaced his equip that was the problem

“I don’t know,” Jonathon shrugged his shoulders “It’s very strange But at least the bambino is okay That’s what matters”

“You’re right,” I said although I wasn’t convinced If the prophecy was correct, and about us like Jonathon thought it was, then everything would be fine with the baby But I wasn’t convinced I’d lost two babies before I’d ever had a chance to meet them and held another dead in ain, but after what I had been put through I just didn’t believe I would get the happy ending I wanted I was sticking tohappened to the baby, if, and I hated to think the thought, then I was done I would have Jonathon turn me I couldn’t have my heart broken anymore Diana was the only one I had told about ain I didn’t want to worry Jonathon any more than he already was Ever since I had announced nancy there had been a per that the baby and I were the cause

Seeing that I didn’t believe hi will be okay You’ll see”

“Yeah, we’ll see,” I