Chapter 34: A Quiet MomentAfter the excitement of our discovery, it took a while before my visitors left. Eventually however, the large group dispersed, leaving Jerome with Lucas and I.
“I want one more listen to your chest before I leave you to sleep,” Jerome announced, lifting his stethoscope from around his neck.
I lifted the hospital gown agreeably and Jerome probed my ribs carefully. He checked my heartbeat using the stethoscope, then slipped it back around his neck. “Remarkable,” he murmured with a warm smile. “Thank God not everybody is an angel, you'd put me out of business.”
“I don't think so,” I disagreed mildly. “There's a heap of stuff I can't fix and I certainly can't deliver babies.” Jerome had earlier announced that the pregnant shape shifter had given birth today, having
