CHAPTER 45
MIAThe Friday after the trial, Melissa sat in the waiting room with Michael and me, her knees bouncing up and down. I hadn’t thought she’d ever be okay with this, and when I’d told her about my pregnancy, she’d had to take a moment to compose herself, but Melissa wasn’t making a huge deal out of me being pregnant right alongside her.
She was here, supporting me, while I waited anxiously to get my IUD removed. I grasped Michael’s hand and stared across the aisle toward Melissa, who gave me a weak smile.
“It’ll be okay,” she said.
“Mia,” a nurse said from the doorway.
I stared at her and gnawed on the inside of my lip, standing up with Michael.
“Only patients back here, please.”
Pressing my lips on his, I gave him a kiss and walked into the back, where they sat me in a blea
