Escapade by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2018-06-14T13:49:09+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

AFTER A POSTPONEMENT of his appointment for several days that very nearly drove him mad, the examination was finally over, and Josh had been sweating out the results overnight. Today, it was time. He sat reluctantly and restlessly in his doctor’s private office in Nassau.

He used the company doctor in San Antonio for routine examinations, required by the insurance company, but there was a good reason for his visit to this physician. He was having some very secret tests done, and he didn’t want to run the risk of leaks in case his suspicions were confirmed. The Lawson name was well known enough that the tabloids would have loved a shot at him.

He wasn’t a particularly religious man, but he’d done his share of praying. He wanted Amanda. The time he’d spent with her had convinced him that she’d be all he’d ever want. But until he was certain that he could go to her a whole man, could offer her the future she deserved, he didn’t dare talk to her about his worries.

He put down the magazine he’d been trying to read and stared around him irritably, with barely concealed impatience. He hated waiting, especially now. His brother had finally gotten up enough nerve to approach him for help, and he’d turned him down. Now he was worried. What if something happened to Brad and it was his fault?

He’d always had more than his measure of self-confidence, but now he began to question his own attitude toward weakness. He was afraid of vulnerability. Well, except when he was with Amanda, he amended, smiling softly at the memories. It didn’t really bother him to let her see him with his mask off. But Brad didn’t seem to know that he was wearing one. Had he been too inflexible, too impatient, with his brother’s weakness?

The nurse motioned him into Dr. Edmonds’s office, and he went in, frowning worriedly. Dr. Edmonds sat behind his desk and glanced up, motioning Josh to a seat. His eyes were on the test results.

“Well, how am I?” Josh asked impatiently. “I know my cholesterol is high, but I’ve given up cheese.” He leaned forward intently. “Tell me the rest.”

The Bahamian doctor, who was even younger than Josh, raised his dark head and grimaced. “I don’t like giving prognoses like this,” he said quietly, his very correct British accent crisp in the silence.

“I’ve got a week to live,” Josh guessed cynically to cover up his sudden fear.

“No, nothing fatal.” He tossed the file onto the desk and leaned back. “You’re in perfect health except for one thing. That fertility test you had us conduct. I’m afraid it came out negative. You have a sperm count that is almost nonexistent. Did you have any childhood diseases late in your youth?”

Josh felt his blood run cold. All his adult life he’d suspected that he was sterile, because there had been occasional lapses with women and no one had ever brought a paternity suit or mentioned being made pregnant by him.

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