Chapter 75: Risking It All

Riley

Chills raked all over my body as Ursmeve squirted out a gel over my stomach. Luckily, the waistband of my cutoff shorts sat low on my hips and I prayed that she wouldn't notice the scalpel I had in the hem.

She placed the wand of the ultrasound on my stomach, humming as she moved it around. Maybe there was hope that I wasn't pregnant. Then they'd have to put me back with Xaden and I could see him again. Make sure that he was okay and healing. God, I missed him so much and I wished with everything that he was here with me now to see our child if there was one. Please don't let me be pregnant, please. Not now. Not in this horrible place. My throat tightened so hard I winced, closing my eyes against the pain.

"There you are, stinkers," Ursmeve said.