Until Death Do Us Part by Cassie Leigh

Author:Cassie Leigh [Leigh, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sassy Typewriter Press
Published: 2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00

strapped down on a stretcher was not how Millie imagined leaving the house for the first time in decades. Add to that the harrowing ambulance ride, nurses and EMTs with questions she couldn’t answer, the cloying stench of antiseptic, and needles—it went on and on. Making it to the relative calm of an exam room with Noah still at her side had been a boon.

Vanilla walls and oppressive silence surrounded them. On the largest open wall hung a watercolor print of a mother in a flowy summer dress reading to a child in a hammock. Instead of inspiring tranquility as intended, the art served as a reminder of what was at stake. This body had to be stronger than her last, not only for herself but also for this baby, another innocent brought into a messy romance. Unlike the last, Noah would be a good father. Was Claire’s body strong enough to be a mother? Was she?

Thank goodness for reality TV. If not for those labor and delivery programs, she might have passed out when the doctor wheeled in the ultrasound machine. Millie focused so intently on the ominous black screen that she nearly missed the doctor’s name. What truly frightened her was the white plastic wand. Dr. Beamus claimed it would help them see the baby, but it looked more like an alien torture device to her.

Her doctor being a woman lessened the mortification, but that in itself was surprising. Certainly, she had heard of women nurses, but never a doctor. The young doctor’s mousey brown ponytail swayed as she looked back and forth between Millie and her machine.

“How far along do you think you are?” asked Dr. Beamus.

Millie blinked rapidly at the pretty doctor, searching for something to say that didn’t make her seem like a dimwit or a liar. “I have no idea. I only just found out.”

That was the problem with taking over someone else’s body; Millie didn’t inherit her memories. For all she knew, Claire could have found out this morning or a month ago. There was just no way to tell.

She looked up at Noah, hoping to find reassurance. His face was ashen, and his normally warm blue eyes were cold and blank. Somewhere in the rush to the hospital, he had rolled up his shirtsleeves, pulled his tie askew, and opened the top two buttons of his collared shirt. He held her hand, but his grip was limp and clammy. She squeezed his hand. He returned it, along with a weak smile that did not quite reach his eyes.

It hurt to have him look at her that way—with such detachment—scalding her already raw emotions with burning unshed tears. She had only to open her mouth and spill her secret to change that look. The doubt that he would believe her and still marry her lingered like poison. She had come back for him, for their love. As she worked to undo the damage Claire had done, her purpose would have to be enough to carry her.

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