I rushed to the hospital, just as I had promised.
Ethan acknowledged me with a stiff nod. "Aria, thanks for coming."
Iris's face crumpled like paper the moment she saw me, and tears welled up instantly as she struggled to sit up.
"Aria, please do not report me," she begged with a trembling voice. "I cannot bear to lose my baby. Cut us some slack, just a little longer."
Before I could react, she dropped to her knees like a marionette with its strings cut.
"Are you insane? You are post-op and kneeling," a nurse gasped as she rushed to stop her. "Get back in bed."
Ethan's sister, Vivian Brooks, shot me an accusatory glare while she helped Iris up. "Since when did you turn into an ice queen?"
The weight of a dozen judging stares pinned me in place. I stood there frozen, yet somehow I wa
