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He looks down at his hands, splaying his fingers and staring in amazement as they tremble. “I can’t believe this,” Ethan whispers, the color still not having returned to his face. From the driveway, they hear the door to her room slam, then silence. She runs into the house, slamming the door behind her. When they pull up in the driveway, Emily is first out of the car. She slouched down in the backseat, sinking her chin into her chest, her mouth set in a determined line as she squinted out the window, refusing to talk, refusing to look at them. “I’ll put the fear of God into her.” And she did, hence Emily’s refusal to speak all the way home. “She won’t listen to me,” Ethan said finally. “I think, I hope, it will be fine, but she cannot have any more alcohol.” Emily sounds like she has done some binge drinking, but it’s not regular, is that right?” You have to remember”-the doctor sighed-“it is mostly alcoholics who have babies with FAS. There are several indicators of FAS, which are not showing. “What about drinking up to now?” Andi asked reluctantly. It is entirely unpredictable,” the doctor warned. Sometimes we don’t see it at all even when we expect to. “Fetal alcohol syndrome can be caused by one drink, or many. Andi thinks about the drinking, the pot smoking, the God knows what else, and shudders. The doctor had set aside the kindness to talk to Emily about drinking.įetal alcohol syndrome is a huge concern for the doctor: what Emily has put her body through these past few months. The sonographer had conducted the scan in silence, clicking the measurements as Emily kept her face turned to the wall, eyes closed, tears streaming down her cheeks. Emily sits in the back, sniffing and gulping, clutching the prenatal vitamins she has been sent home with.Įmily had refused to look at the scan. There are women out there who are longing to be mothers, who would give anything to be in the position Emily is in right now.” “This is not the end of the world,” she says, “although I know it feels like it right now. “And a counselor on hand who can talk to you and Emily about it, answer any questions you may have.” The doctor lays a hand on Ethan’s, who is now as white as a sheet.
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“We have leaflets on adoption I can give you today,” she says. You would rest assured that this baby is going to be loved, and Emily can go back to being a teenager, can get on with the rest of her life. There are so many families who are unable to have children, who would give this child a loving and wonderful home. My suggestion to you is to start looking into adoption. “But Emily is not the first young girl I’ve seen in this position, and she definitely won’t be the last. “I know Emily expressed a desire for termination, but that isn’t going to be a possibility. You thought it was much earlier?” They nod.
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My guess would be she’s around six, maybe seven months pregnant, but we’ll be able to get a more precise answer when we do measurements during the ultrasound.”Įthan and Andi both gasp, Andi reaching over for Ethan’s hand to steady herself. You can go in to her, but first I want you to know that I think she’s far more advanced than she thinks she is. She keeps saying she doesn’t know, and she’s having an emotional moment in the other room. I don’t know when she last menstruated or when she last had relations. "You will laugh and cry as you read.It's that good.“You can go in in a minute,” she tells Ethan and Andi, who sit outside, staring mindlessly at CNN without hearing anything, looking up expectantly every time someone enters the room.įinally, their doctor appears, leading them to her office, gesturing for them to sit and gently closing the door, turning to them with sympathy in her eyes.
#Another piece of my heart jane green epub series
"You will laugh and cry as you read.It's that good."-Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia and the Valentine Series When the dynamics between the two escalate, they threaten everything Andi believes about love, family, and motherhood-leaving both women standing at a crossroad in their lives. But in Emily's eyes, Andi is an obstacle to her father's love, and Emily will do whatever it takes to break her down. Always hoping one day she would be a mother, Andi embraces the girls like they were her own. Ethan-divorced with two daughters, Emily and Sophia-is a devoted father and even better husband. "A moving story peopled with nuanced, sympathetic characters." - BooklistĪndi has spent much of her adult life looking for the perfect man, and at thirty-seven, she's finally found him. An unforgettable novel that illuminates the nuances and truths about love, family, and motherhood from the New York Times bestselling author of Jemima J and The Beach House