Chapter 19

"Elena, you've got to pull yourself together. I was going to wait until you were better to tell you, but seeing you like this, like you've given up... I can't keep it from you anymore. You're pregnant. There's a baby growing inside you. You have to fight, for the baby if not for yourself." "A baby? In my belly?" Elena's eyes shot open in shock, the dullness in them finally breaking with a flicker of life. "Tobias, no way… The doctor said I'd never be able to get pregnant again. Why are you messing with me like this?" The second she remembered the doctor's words after the miscarriage, her gaze went dim again. She had wanted to be a mom more than anything—but that dream had already been ripped away from her. "I'm not lying, Elena. It's real. The doctor told me. If you don't believe me, you can ask them yourself. We didn't tell you right away because we didn't want to upset you and risk the baby. But now I had to tell you." "Are you serious? I really have a baby inside me?" She placed her