Chapter 15\u00a0<\/p>\n
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But I surprised her. I really was just\u2026 not her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know,\u201d I said as we stepped out of the shop, both of us slipping on a pair of ridiculous matching sunglasses we absolutely didn\u2019t need, \u201cmaybe losing my memory really was the best thing that ever happened to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rae snorted, adjusting hers dramatically. \u201cGreat, now you\u2019re gonna go around headbutting walls just to reset your personality.\u201d 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
I laughed. \u201cNo promises.\u201d I nudged a rock with my shoe, watching it skip along the cobblestone path. \u201cBut seriously\u2026 from what everyone keeps saying about who I used to be, she sounds like a mess. Like some clingy, dramatic girl with no self\u2013respect. It\u2019s weird, it feels like they\u2019re talking about some old high school classmate, not me. I don\u2019t even recognize her. Honestly, I don\u2019t know how you stayed friends with someone like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rae took a deep breath, swinging her shopping bag as we walked. \u201cWell, for what it\u2019s worth, you remind me a lot more of the old you now, the real you. The you before Nolan. You were fiery, bold, a little reckless. But fun. Men, relationships\u2013they can drain us, Ellie. They sneak in and start carving away at your energy, your confidence. Before you know it, you\u2019re a stranger to yourself. You didn\u2019t do anything wrong. You just wanted to be loved.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I nodded, a strange lump forming in my throat. For the first time, someone had said something about who I used to be that didn\u2019t make me feel pathetic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
The papers crinkled between my fingers as I stared down at the two test results on my desk, one clean and freshly printed, the other warped by a coffee stain that hadn\u2019t fully dried. Both bore Ellie\u2019s name. Both claimed to know what was going on inside her body. But they couldn\u2019t both be right.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My jaw tensed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Across from me, the Healer stood stiff as a fence post, shifting nervously with his clipboard clutched to his chest. His white coat looked more wrinkled than usual, and there was sweat gathering at his temples.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese results don\u2019t match,\u201d I said flatly, lifting the coffee\u2013stained one in one hand and the crisp, clean version in the other. I shook them both, as if maybe one would admit to being false if I just rattled them hard enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Healer opened his mouth, then closed it again. Finally, he said, \u201cAlpha, the earlier result, the stained one, that was the accurate one. I ran the tests myself. She\u2019s pregnant. I swear it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I narrowed my eyes. \u201cThen what the hell is this?\u201d I slapped the clean test down onto the desk. The edges curled slightly as it hit the polished wood.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He winced. \u201cThat\u2013I don\u2019t know. Someone must\u2019ve switched them out before they reached you. I left the originals in a folder at the front desk. Anyone could\u2019ve tampered with them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A slow, furious heat crept up the back of my neck.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I pushed out of my chair, crossing the room in two strides. The Healer backed up instinctively, pressing himself against the wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, let me get this straight,\u201d I said, my voice low, tight. \u201cYou\u2019re telling me my wife-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cEx\u2013wife\u2013soon\u2013to\u2013be,\u201d he corrected too quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I glared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c-my wife is pregnant, and you were careless enough to let someone swap out the evidence?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He swallowed. \u201cI didn\u2019t think-\u2018\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cClearly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c}\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned away from him, running a hand through my hair. The office felt too small all of a sudden. My thoughts spiraled. Ellie. Pregnant. With my child. That made no sense. She couldn\u2019t even have children. That\u2019s what I\u2019d been told, what I\u2019d believed. That was the entire basis of this mess\u2013the reason I\u2019d even considered divorce, the reason Felicity was\u2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I gritted my teeth. My wolf stirred uneasily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026She\u2019s lying,\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I muttered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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