Chapter 75 - The Anatomy Scan
I asked Elena to come to the scan. Adrian had asked, but I wasn't ready to sit beside him in a medical room where I'd first learned how little control I had over my own privacy.
Dr. Morgan moved the probe carefully and pointed out a spine, tiny hands, and a heart working steadily. The baby stretched one leg as if objecting to the examination.
“Everything we can see today looks reassuring,” the doctor said, while explaining that screening never guaranteed every outcome.
I held Elena's hand. She cried immediately, which made me laugh.
Afterward I sent Adrian a brief message with the doctor's summary. He replied: Thank you for telling me. I hope you're resting.
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No complaint about not being invited. No demand for a photograph. I told myself not to measure a life by one decent text, but I let the relief be real anyway.
That night I went to sleep with the printout beside my bed. For several hours, nothing in the world required a legal response.
