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Nova
My head pounded with the worst headache of my life as I sat at my desk, trying in vain to get some work done.
I rubbed my temples, hoping to ease the pain a bit. I didn’t want to take anything since I was breastfeeding. I didn’t want any kind of pharmaceutical, even something as simple as an aspirin, coming out in my milk and going into my baby.
I’d stopped by the daycare and fed Mia after leaving Astor. It had helped me calm down for a little while, just bonding with my daughter. But when I left her and went back to work, all I could do was think about the fact that Astor was here on the island. And I felt stuck, like a bear with its foot in a trap.
Someone would tell him about Mia; it would only be a matter of time. I had to figure out a way of telling him first. But I didn’
