Unlocking the Italian Doc's Heart by Kate Hardy

Author:Kate Hardy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-03-08T14:57:51+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

‘I TOLD YOU you were fussing over nothing, Mum,’ Cameron said.

‘Nope, she was dead right to bring you in to see us,’ Jenna corrected the teenager. ‘I’d much rather see you now than in three weeks’ time when you’re in major pain. And a parent’s intuition should never be underestimated.’

‘Mum does fuss, though,’ he said in a stage whisper.

‘I do,’ Mrs Blake admitted. ‘Probably more than the average mum, because he’s my only one.’

‘Actually, given all the mums I’ve met in my career, I’d say most mums worry just as much as you do—it’s perfectly normal,’ Jenna said with a smile. ‘I can give you a leaflet on Henoch-Schönlein purpura if you like, so you don’t have to think back to our conversation today and worry that you can’t remember it all.’

‘Yes, please,’ Mrs Blake said. ‘I don’t want to miss any important signs if he gets worse.’

Cameron rolled his eyes. ‘Mum, I’m going to get a drink from the vending machine. See you in reception.’

‘He’s hitting the independent years, then,’ Jenna said as she signed into the computer system and printed off the leaflet.

‘Tell me about it,’ Mrs Blake said wryly. ‘Everything I do or say is wrong.’

‘For what it’s worth, you did the right thing bringing him in. We know what’s wrong; if he gets any worse we can give him the steroids to sort out the stomach pain, so he’s not distracted in his exams.’ She gestured to the computer. ‘I’ll just need to take you over to the office where we have the printer to grab this, if that’s OK.’

‘It’s fine. And thank you for being so calm and reassuring.’ Mrs Blake followed Jenna over to the offices in the department. ‘Cam’s right, though. I do fuss too much. We couldn’t have children naturally, and we had to admit defeat after four cycles of IVF. Luckily a very, very kind woman acted as our surrogate, and because of her we have Cam. I still can’t thank her enough for what she did for us.’

It was just what Jenna had done for her sister, so she understood completely from both sides of the situation—how her sister had felt as a woman who was desperate for a baby, and how she’d felt as a surrogate who’d really wanted to help make things better in someone else’s world. She squeezed Mrs Blake’s shoulder. ‘Knowing that you love him to bits and worry about him would be enough thanks for your surrogate, believe me. You carry a baby for someone else because you know how much that child is wanted and just how much he or she will be loved.’

* * *

That sounded really personal, Lorenzo thought, looking up from the notes he was writing in the office next door to where Jenna was talking to her patient’s mum.

Or maybe he was overthinking it. From what he knew about surrogacy, surrogate mothers tended to have children of their own already, and he knew Jenna was single and childless.

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