44 ~ Aurora

Staring up at the plain white ceiling, I sighed heavily. I was back here again. Ready to be poked and injected with another fertilized egg, all to just have an heir for the Adams.

When the process was done and over with, I dragged myself out of the hospital and found my way back to the house.

I was struggling. There was a sudden weight gain within the last couple of months that kept Leo away from me. It was genuinely out of my control but that man could not hide how much it threw him off. I blamed it on all the meds I had to take.

Over time, I found myself not stepping out of the house because I felt so insecure about my body. River had done everything in her power to talk me up but I was not having it.

"Aurora, what are you doing in here?" Carmella came into the kitchen as I tried to get myself a cup of Greek yoghurt.

I raised the cup for her to see.

"Are you allowed to take that?"

There was just something about the way she sized me up with her gaze that made me want to smack he