But I heard only one sentence.
Natural conception would have been extraordinarily unlikely.
I had expected some truth to come out.
I had not expected that.
My first thought was not Ashley.
It was Noah.
Then Lily.
For one terrible second, the floor under my life seemed to tilt.
Dawson must have sensed it.
“Elena,” he said gently. “Breathe.”
I gripped the phone tighter.
“What does that mean?”
“It means Ryan is demanding answers from Ashley. Nicole called me twice already, though I didn’t pick up. His mother has apparently left the clinic in tears.”
I stared at the glass wall overlooking the runway.plane lifted into the gray sky, disappearing into the low clouds.
“Does Ryan know about Noah and Lily?” I asked.
“No,” Dawson said. “And before your mind goes somewhere painful, remember what your medical records show. You and Ryan went through fertility treatments after Noah didn’t come easily. You were told at the time that the issue was ‘unexplained.’ Ryan refused additional testing.”
