BIANCA'S POV

Cervicitis. That was what Doctor Luigi diagnosed as the problem. My cervix was inflamed, but he said it wasn't something a few doses of antibiotics couldn't take care of. I was particularly relieved because of the many things I had already imagined as the problem with me.

"You'd be fine baby." I looked up to see Manuel smiling at me, and my heart literally lurched. How was I going to stay for days or even weeks, without having this man touch me? That was demoralizing on it's own. The doctor insisted that we didn't have sex for a while, until the spotting ceased. "Let's just get home fast,...