“It’s gone. Along with all of your blemishes. Also, you seem to be losing a lot of weight. Fast.”
Cindy inspected her arms. How the hell hadn’t she paid attention to her moles? She looked down and took stock of her belly; sure enough, it was shrinking.
“You seem to be fine,” said the doctor. “However, we are keeping an eye on these interesting lab results.” He smiled at her in the way her ex-husband did when he overspent.
“What aren’t you telling me?” she asked.
But he had nothing else to add.
“Can you remove it? I mean, I have two of them.”
He shook his head and walked away.
IV.
Unwanted
The following Monday, Cindy took her kids to school. She carried the physical paperwork and second check-up.
When she got there, Charlie, the security guard asked her if her kids had bumps. He g
