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“I can communicate what he needs to know to him. You don’t need to ever think about him again if that’s what you want.”
“I can handle him.”
“I know you can. But I don’t trust him.”
“Neither do I. But it might not matter. Maybe I won’t have to deal with him, depending on the results.”
She sighs and reaches up to rub her temples. I take her other hand inside my own and bring it to my lips.
“You’re working too hard, Boss.”
She smiles as I kiss her wrist. “You always say that.”
“And you never listen.”
She’s been working so much this past week that I haven’t seen her as much as I want to. But I don’t need to go to New York again for a couple of weeks, so I fully intend on us spending the entire weekend together. Even if she wants to nap on the sofa, I don’t care. I just want to be under the same roof.
“My clients depend on me. This case I’m working on… I can’t tell you much about it, but I’m going for maximum sentencing.”
“And you’ll get it because you’re ‘Havers the Handler’.”
She smiles. “I wish I’d never told you about that nickname.”
“Why?” I kiss her wrist again and then trace circles over it. “Own it. I’m damn proud of you.”
“Thank you,” she whispers.
“Ms. Havers?”
We both look up at the female doctor in the white pant suit.
“I’m Dr. Grace. Call me Melinda. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
Ten minutes later, Sophie is lying on an inclined medical bed while I balance on the edge of my seat, resting my elbows on my knees with my hands clasped together.
“Is the baby okay?” I ask in a rush.
“Drew. Give the doctor a chance.” Sophie shakes her head with a soft laugh as Doctor Melinda squeezes lube onto a wand-type thing.
“Sorry.” I lean back in the chair a little but immediately straighten up as the Doctor instructs Sophie to open her legs.
She places the wand beneath the surgical sheet covering Sophie’s legs.
“Will that hurt the baby?” I bark.
“Drew.” Sophie sighs.
Doctor Melinda ignores me and carries on being calm and professional. She must be used to angsty dads being in here. But she’s putting a lubed-up wand in Sophie’s vagina, for fuck’s sake. Of course I’m going to be on edge.
I place my hands onto my knees and dig my fingertips into the wool of my suit pants.
The two women look over at the screen next to the bed.
“You said you were having the contraceptive injection?”
“Yes,” Sophie answers. “But I missed my last appointment. I should have had it around eight weeks ago, but I didn’t. Then I started to feel sick. I’m just guessing that I’m about seven weeks along because that’s the last time without protection that I…” She glances at me and I nod encouragingly for her to continue. “It’s the last time I had sex without anything,” she finishes, looking back at the Doctor.
“Okay. The vaginal ultrasound allows us to see pregnancies much earlier, so we should be able to give you a good idea injust a moment.”
