Stepping closer to her, he said, "You are right to be concerned. I'll make sure that your husband knows that his first priority should be to protect h...s family." What's going to happen?" I have no idea. You'll have to ask William if you want to know about the future. He's better at that than I am," Ed answered with a light laugh.His words didn't comfort her despite knowing that he was probably right. She said, "I'm worried for Tim."Ed put his arms around her and hugged her tightly. In a. "I wanted to be pregnant, Brad. I wanted it. I didn't want his baby. But I didn't know what else to do."Her words didn't surprise me. I gently rubbed her back some more and the fact that she had used my first name didn't escape me. Ava never had called me Brad before. "I know, sweetheart. I know."She shook her head. "No, you don't. Brad," her voice lowered to a whisper. "I wanted it to be your baby."I froze, wondering if I had heard her right. Ava wanted to have my child? She started breathing. Nelson wheeled over a small stainless steel table and set the bottle of lube down on it.He walked to the sink and washed and dried his hands. Dr. Nelson grabbed another set of gloves and sat down on his chair and rolled over toward the foot of the exam table placing the gloves next to the lube.My heart was racing as he stood up and maneuvered the stirrups into position."Could you scoot down a tad bit?" Dr. Nelson asked."Sure" I replied as I slid down the table."That's perfect." He said as he. I was still in there studying the road network in the area and committing it to memory. There were a lot of new subdivisions that had been built there in the last ten years or so, and the roads were not as free flowing as previously because of all of the new red lights that had been installed to get people in and out of the subdivisions."Yes, we need to see where this guy Haskins is living and try to get an idea of what he and his organization are up to now," I told her."Be careful," she told.