I could barely bring myself to look at her.
The doctor quietly explained that Sophie had gone through months of treatment.
She had come to the hospital that morning for another scan.
“And the results?” I asked.
Sophie’s fingers tightened around the sleeve of her gown.
The doctor hesitated.
“There’s something on today’s imaging that we need to investigate further.”
My stomach dropped.
Sophie immediately looked away.
I reached toward her hand, but stopped before touching it.
“Are you alone?”
She gave a tiny nod.
That answer shattered something inside me.
Then the doctor turned another page in the file.
“There is one more thing Ethan should know.”
Sophie suddenly stood.
“No.”
But I had already seen the photograph clipped beneath the report.
It was an ultrasound image.
I stared at it, unable to understand what I was seeing.
Then I noticed the words printed beneath the image.
