not
feeling your uterus, and I should be at this point. Would you mind if I did an
internal exam?”
Lila glanced
at Jason. “I’m scared.” She pouted. “Did I lose the baby?”
Jason stood
and took the three steps necessary to get to her side. He clasped her hand and
gave it a quick squeeze. “There’s only one way to find out,” he said. “Let Tim
examine you and we’ll get to the bottom of it.”
Lila sighed
and nodded.
Tim pushed
the button for the nurse. “I need to do an examination on her. Please help her
get ready.” Turning to them, he pointed at the door. “I’ll be back in a moment.”
The nurse
removed a gown from under the exam table and explained to Lila that she would
need to remove all her clothes. Jason followed the nurse out of the room while
Lila changed, and Tim was there waiting.
“She’s not
pregnant,” Tim confirmed. “It’s as you suspected. I’ll do an ultrasound on her,
but I already know what I won’t find.”
Jason’s eyes
lit with a burning rage. “I knew it,” he said, clenching his fists. “Wouldn’t
she be showing at this point, anyway?”
“Not
necessarily, every woman’s body is different. Some don’t start showing until
their sixth month. If Lila were pregnant, she’d still be in the first
trimester, and other than feeling tired and sick, most women aren’t showing
yet. Especially first-time moms.”
Jason
nodded. “Is it time to go back in?”
Tim nodded
and motioned for the nurse to follow with the ultrasound machine. He opened the
door and walked inside, followed by Jason and the nurse.
Jason took
up his spot next to Lila and reached for her hand. The nurse hooked up the
machine and then retrieved a sheet from under the table. She draped it across
Lila’s belly and legs and then lifted the gown to expose Lila’s belly.
“Rather than
go through the discomfort of an internal exam, I’m just going to do an
ultrasound,” Tim explained. “That will tell us all we need to know.”
“Um, okay,”
Lila said uncertainly.
Tim squeezed
the jelly on her abdomen and picked up the wand, rubbing it through the jelly.
“Ow!” Lila
said, flinching.
“I’m sorry.
I’m not seeing anything here.”
“What do you
mean?” Jason asked.
“I mean, I
don’t see a baby,” he explained, wiping the jelly from the wand and putting it
away. He turned to Lila. “Not even any evidence of a recently miscarried baby.”
Lila sighed
and rolled her eyes. She used the sheet to wipe the jelly off her abdomen and
sat up.
“You’re
clearly not pregnant.” Jason flung her hand away from him. “I knew you were
playing me from the beginning, Lila. I knew I was too drunk to have done
anything with you. And there,” he said, pointing at the machine, “is my proof.
You’re not pregnant, you never were pregnant, and now this little game of yours
can be finished.”
Lila turned
stricken eyes on Jason. “But what about us?”
“There was
no us,” he explained. “There was just me, trying to get to the bottom of this
farce you’ve created.”
“But, Jason,
you said you cared and wanted us to work.”
Jason shook
his head. “Everything I said was to get you to agree to come here so I could
prove you were lying.”
Realization
finally setting in, Lila glared at Jason. “You bastard!”
Shrugging,
Jason turned from her. He reached out his hand to Tim. “Thank you, Tim. I
really appreciate you fitting us in.”
“What?!?!”
Lila shrieked. “You set this up?”
Grinning,
Jason turned to her. “Of course. The whole day was a setup, Lila.”
Lila launched
herself at Jason, fingers curled to claws as she raked them down his face. Tim
circled his arms around her waist and pulled her off Jason.
Jason
touched a finger to his cheek and saw blood on his finger when he looked at it.
Nodding, he sighed and cast a pitying glance in Lila’s direction. “Ah, there’s
the Lila we all know and despise.”
Tim and the
nurse opened the door to the exam room,
feeling your uterus, and I should be at this point. Would you mind if I did an
internal exam?”
Lila glanced
at Jason. “I’m scared.” She pouted. “Did I lose the baby?”
Jason stood
and took the three steps necessary to get to her side. He clasped her hand and
gave it a quick squeeze. “There’s only one way to find out,” he said. “Let Tim
examine you and we’ll get to the bottom of it.”
Lila sighed
and nodded.
Tim pushed
the button for the nurse. “I need to do an examination on her. Please help her
get ready.” Turning to them, he pointed at the door. “I’ll be back in a moment.”
The nurse
removed a gown from under the exam table and explained to Lila that she would
need to remove all her clothes. Jason followed the nurse out of the room while
Lila changed, and Tim was there waiting.
“She’s not
pregnant,” Tim confirmed. “It’s as you suspected. I’ll do an ultrasound on her,
but I already know what I won’t find.”
Jason’s eyes
lit with a burning rage. “I knew it,” he said, clenching his fists. “Wouldn’t
she be showing at this point, anyway?”
“Not
necessarily, every woman’s body is different. Some don’t start showing until
their sixth month. If Lila were pregnant, she’d still be in the first
trimester, and other than feeling tired and sick, most women aren’t showing
yet. Especially first-time moms.”
Jason
nodded. “Is it time to go back in?”
Tim nodded
and motioned for the nurse to follow with the ultrasound machine. He opened the
door and walked inside, followed by Jason and the nurse.
Jason took
up his spot next to Lila and reached for her hand. The nurse hooked up the
machine and then retrieved a sheet from under the table. She draped it across
Lila’s belly and legs and then lifted the gown to expose Lila’s belly.
“Rather than
go through the discomfort of an internal exam, I’m just going to do an
ultrasound,” Tim explained. “That will tell us all we need to know.”
“Um, okay,”
Lila said uncertainly.
Tim squeezed
the jelly on her abdomen and picked up the wand, rubbing it through the jelly.
“Ow!” Lila
said, flinching.
“I’m sorry.
I’m not seeing anything here.”
“What do you
mean?” Jason asked.
“I mean, I
don’t see a baby,” he explained, wiping the jelly from the wand and putting it
away. He turned to Lila. “Not even any evidence of a recently miscarried baby.”
Lila sighed
and rolled her eyes. She used the sheet to wipe the jelly off her abdomen and
sat up.
“You’re
clearly not pregnant.” Jason flung her hand away from him. “I knew you were
playing me from the beginning, Lila. I knew I was too drunk to have done
anything with you. And there,” he said, pointing at the machine, “is my proof.
You’re not pregnant, you never were pregnant, and now this little game of yours
can be finished.”
Lila turned
stricken eyes on Jason. “But what about us?”
“There was
no us,” he explained. “There was just me, trying to get to the bottom of this
farce you’ve created.”
“But, Jason,
you said you cared and wanted us to work.”
Jason shook
his head. “Everything I said was to get you to agree to come here so I could
prove you were lying.”
Realization
finally setting in, Lila glared at Jason. “You bastard!”
Shrugging,
Jason turned from her. He reached out his hand to Tim. “Thank you, Tim. I
really appreciate you fitting us in.”
“What?!?!”
Lila shrieked. “You set this up?”
Grinning,
Jason turned to her. “Of course. The whole day was a setup, Lila.”
Lila launched
herself at Jason, fingers curled to claws as she raked them down his face. Tim
circled his arms around her waist and pulled her off Jason.
Jason
touched a finger to his cheek and saw blood on his finger when he looked at it.
Nodding, he sighed and cast a pitying glance in Lila’s direction. “Ah, there’s
the Lila we all know and despise.”
Tim and the
nurse opened the door to the exam room,
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