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“I want to have my doctor look over my medical records”

His lifts his brows and says slowly, “Okay…” Feeling the treers around ?”

I lick e ahead

“Aria’s” Her na my lips is all I say

This tinizes my ie Soirl’s life, not to ht of Aria going through that pain of being lied to and losing the only parent she’s ever known, I can’t help but secretly hope she’s our baby The alternative would one, and that’s too painful to even conte ache into my suspicion

“You really think she could be ours? How is that possible? You were in a coma”

“Women can still have a baby while in a coown and show him the scar on my lower stomach “When I asked Theo where this scar calass when you attacked h” I close er softly run across the scar has ain “I

also noticed so I didn’t realize it at the time because it never crossed my mind Aria could be ours, but she has a couple of traits my sister has Like detached ears” At his confused look, I explain “It’s where the bottos free Aria also has shoulder dimples, which are rare and hereditary Teresa has them”

I give Luca a few minutes to process what I said Several different emotions pass over his face as he takes in my words

“She has a birthht knee,” heme “It mirrors the one on my upper arm”

His pulls his shirt sleeve up and reveals a cluster of freckles in the shape of the letter w

“Motherfuckin’ hell,” hetheto mine “Aria could be ours,” he says in wonder

His body starts to vibrate I can feel the tremors in his hand His face fills with color and his jaw tics When his nostrils flare with his heavy breathing, I know he’s working hard at controlling the anger filling his insides I don’t blary

It takes several moments, but I watch as the fury slowly seeps from his body His muscles relax fraction by fraction and the deadly look in his eyes lessens

His forehead drops to the bed, and I runmy touch will soothe him just as much as his calms me