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The doctor murmurs his agreement with Alessi but then moves around the room, preparing the tests and then calling a nurse into

the room to prep my bloodwork. Daniel obligingly opens his mouth, letting the doctor swipe around the inside of his cheeks with a

cotton swab, while the nurse ties a rubber band around my upper arm and begins to locate a vein.

After the doctor has put Daniel's testing materials away, he comes and draws a vial of blood from me himself. That finished, he

cleans the very tiny needle puncture on my arm and puts a Band-Aid over it.

“All set,” the doctor says, giving us a smile all around.

“Doctor,” I say, sitting up and smiling at him. “Would it be all right to add Mr. Bianci’s email address to the account, so that they

can receive results of the pregnancy test directly from your office?”

The doctor looks at me in surprise and glances towards Natalia and Alessi. “If you...consent to that,” he says, turning back to

me, “then sure, we can send the results to you as well as Mr. Bianci.”

“Yes, why not,” I say, turning to give Natalia and Alessi a big smile. “I want you to have all of your assurances in place. And, as

Daniel said,” I continue, reaching a hand out towards my husband, who immediately takes it, “we’ve got nothing to hide.”

Natalia gives me a tight smile while Alessi presses his hands together towards me in thanks and then goes with the doctor to the

computer to provide him with his contact information. When they've finished that, we all stand up and head for the door,

murmuring our thanks to the doctor.

But, just before we can reach it, I stumble and catch my breath.

“Fay?” Daniel asks, shifting his hold on me and catching me at the elbow, helping me stand back up. “Are you — are you all

right?”

“I'm fine,” I murmur, looking up at him. “Um, I just got a little dizzy? Maybe from taking the blood?”

Natalia and Alessi stop in the hall before us, turning to see, and the doctor comes up behind. “That's not uncommon,” the doctor

says, gesturing back into the room. “Would you like to stay fora moment, Mrs. Lippert? We can have one of the nurses bring you

a snack — bring that blood sugar right back up.”

“Thank you,” I murmur, and then I grimace at Natalia and Alessi, guilt on my face.

“You two go on,” Daniel says, glancing at the Italians before turning his concerned face back to me and helping me back into the

room. “She just needs to sit down for a moment —*

“Are you sure?” Alessi says, taking a worried step towards me, his eyes moving over me.

“I'll be just fine,” I say, giving an embarrassed little laugh. “I’m just — you know, weaker than I thought I’d be, pregnant.” I give a

humble little shrug and a blush.

“Yes, come on, Alessi,” Natalia says, placing her fingers on her forearm and stepping away. “We have things to do.”

Daniel calls his goodbyes to them and helps me back into the room, where I sink into a chair and immediately clear my throat.

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“So,” Dr. Banks says, standing between us and looking at Daniel with a grin. “Were you able to get the hair sample this

morning?”