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ASPEN
Lubbock, Texas – May 25th
After signing all the papers and Ransom paying the clinic upfront, I was given a shot. I had to have one each day until I started my period. It was supposed to make my ovaries sleep. I had no idea what that really meant, nor did I care much.
I’d decided to let the doctor do what she does, and I didn’t want much explanation. She wasn’t exactly the most tactful person I’d ever met, but she’d come highly recommended, so we stayed with that clinic.
Not very long after our initial appointment, I started my period. I’d been told to make an appointment for the second day of my period. Ransom and I were on our way into the clinic as I read about what they were going to do today.
Ransom had given me a new smartphone to replace my old flip phone. The screen w
