Chapter 9

Declan

By the time I pull into the maternal fetal medicine lot three days later, I've already checked the appointment time twice, rechecked Eden's water bottle, confirmed Hazel's overnight bag got dropped at Elowen's, and worked myself into the kind of quiet that looks calm from the outside and feels like a fist around the ribs from the inside.

Eden unbuckles beside me and cuts me a look that says