TO BE TAKEN AWAY

It took Aspen one phone call and twenty minutes later to change the doctor in charge of Cole’s treatment and kick Dr. Martin out of the room. Something told me the man wouldn’t be keeping his job but I couldn’t bring myself to care much.

After going into the bathroom and fixing my hair until I looked presentable again, I sat by Cole's bedside and sent a few texts to Enzo, informing him of the changes but stayed silent about how the doctor hurt me. Last thing I wanted was for another doctor to get fired because of me.

Aspen had called me the mother of his child, yet, even as they came to draw his blood to check if he was compatible with Cole, he asked them to run a paternity test in the process. The new female doctor they’d put in charge seemed to be a bit shocked by his request and her gaze drifted to mine a few times. She didn’t dare say no to him, it didn’t bother me one bit either because I knew what the results were going to be.

In the next few hours while we waited for the