Fractured (Josie) novel Chapter 173

Chapter 0173 

Josie’s POV** 

+25 BONUS 

The doctor’s clinic is small and once I check in with the receptionist we all take a seat in the waiting room. Luckily there is no one else here walting as our group of four take up half of the space. Moments later a door opens and a small child runs out, followed by a stressed–looking, pregant mother trying to keep up. 

“I’m getting a baby brother!” the little girl exclaims to the receptionist who talks with her excitedly. 

An older lady appears at the door and her eyes land on Deacon. She gives him a small nod and then looks at me, her face turning friendly as she smiles at me. 

“Good Morning, would you all like to come through?” she asks. I nod and smile as I stand up. I don’t miss the curious glance the pregnant mother casts our way as my three bonds follow me towards the doctor’s door. “Thank you for agreeing to see me,” I say as I enter the room. There’s a medical examination bed in the centre of the room, with what seems like a lot of technical equipment dotted around. 

“My name is Linda, I must say after yesterday’s news I feel quite honoured to be overseeing my first Grey pregnancy already. This is quite exciting, isn’t it? After over 30 years in this job, I thought I’d seen all there was to see in this line of work, but here you are. Please lay on the bed and we can get started,” she rubs her hands together and I’m not sure if it is in excitement or she is trying to warm them. 

Axel helps me up onto the bed and Linda iristructs me to lift my top and push down my leggings a little so she can fully access my lower abdomen. Her hands press down over my tummy and she nods. 

“Perfect, shall we take a peek at the little one and see what’s going on in there?” she grins and I nod enthusiastically. 

Linda instructs me to remove my pants and underwear whilst she sets up the ultrasound machine and turns down the lights. She explains that an internal ultrasound is better in early pregnancy and gets me set up. She turns on her small screen and begins the scan. The room is silent whilst we all wait with bated breath for Linda to speak. 

“Ah, there it is,” she smiles and turns her screen towards us. A small white blob moves on the dark screen and my eyes fill with tears of joy. My little bean looks just like a little bean. 

“He’s a jumping bean,” Luke laughs. 

“It’s a very active little one,” Linda chuckles. “Let me take a few measurements and then you can have a proper look,” she turns the screen back towards her and looks at it with an intense focus, she clicks her mouse a few times and nods to herself. 

“It’s measuring at roughly 10 weeks, I understand your pregnancies are shorter by half than a regular human so that means you would have conceived about 5 weeks ago, does that seem about right?” she asks. 

“Yes,” I confirm, although it feels like so much longer since I last saw Mason and Theo. I wish they were here too. Axel takes my hand in his, clearly sensing my longing for the rest of my bonds. 

“Everything looks great, the little one is healthy and the heartbeat is strong,” she says, turning the screen back towards us. “That small fluttering there is the heart,” she clicks something else on her machine and suddenly the room is filled with the rapid sound of our baby’s heartbeat, Love pours from my bonds as we watch our tiny little bean on the screen and Linda points out his tiny arms and legs as he moves. 

“He’s perfect,” Axel breathes.