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However was she going to survive financially, being out of work that long?

She couldn’t afford to be laid up Between the hospital stay and the follow-up, she’d be digging a hole much deeper than the one she’d been buried in

Since burdening Adaer an issue, she shouldn’t stress so much, but now there was a baby to consider A baby she’d need to take ti, a baby she wanted time to bond with There would be lots of new expenses like more medical bills, diapers, and childcare

Her heart squeezed at the thought she’d have to leave her baby in someone else’s care so she could return to work as soon as physically possible

Once he learned of their baby, Adaardless of how he felt about her and the baby But she balked at the idea of accepting money from him

She missed him, wanted to talk with him to tell him about their baby, but it wasn’t as if she could chase him down, not with her ankle, and he hadn’t been to see her

If he’d really wanted to see her he would have co not to She supposed Dr Graviss ordering hiodsend to Adam Perhaps the doctor had done so as a favor to his friend

Single, pregnant, and ignored by the man she cared most for Perhaps she should hate him

Noon in their relationship, Dr Graviss was right Adaood man She’d spent too s truly were over between theret the time they’d shared

He’d given her the strength to face each day with a s the hardest days of Gramps’s illness Given her hope that tomorroould be a better day

Of course, she’d always believed her tomorroould hold Adam

“You sure are lost in thought, dearie” Nannie Robbins’s sweet grandmotherly voice interrupted from the other side of the hospital roo full up, Liz had lost her private room and was now in the company of an elderly lady who’d fallen and broken her hip

“I was thinking about life,” Liz ad how Nannie’s cheery disposition never seemed to fade She had to be in intense pain, yet she’d not voiced a single complaint

The older wohts had been “Yes, life’s the ift we have”

Liz wouldn’t argue Her body contained that precious gift, a tiny new person she and Adam had created For that she wo