Page 179 of Mafia Billionaire's Surprise Baby

He smiles. “I’m Dr. O’Malley.”

“No. Like the cat in Aristocats?”

Dr. O’Malley laughs again. “Sure. Not Thomas, though. My first name is Joshua.”

“Missed opportunity on your parents’ part,” I grumble.

“Aye. Well. They still got a doctor for a son out of the bargain, so I suppose that’s alright then, now isn’t it?”

I lean back on the hospital bed. “Okay, Dr. O’Malley. Catch me up. What happened?”

He rolls a chair over and sits on it. I like this guy. Something about him reminds me of like, the grandfather I always wanted.

My actual grandfather, the one that’s still alive, is wanted in Sicily for crimes against the state.

Dr. O’Malley leans his head on his arms. “You’re pregnant.”

“Yeah. And?”

“Would you like to know more about the status of your wee one?”

My heart stops. “Oh my god. Is the baby okay? Please…” my voice trails off.

Dr. O’Malley nods. “Aye. The baby is fine. Growing like a weed, and you’re about nine weeks in.”

Nine weeks.

It’s been nine weeks since Sal and I…

That’s a long time. It’s a long time for me to be in Greenland, too. My mind strays to what’s going on at home. Elio will be losing his mind, of course. After Liam sent Sal and Stassi packing, they would have informed Elio about me.

I bet Marco has given his testimony. I wonder if he’s been let back into custody.

And Caterina…

Shit. Caterina will have her twins any day now.

And I’m going to miss them.

I squeeze my eyes shut. “Okay. Baby is fine.”

“Do you want to know the gender?”

I shake my head. “No.”

That’s something that I would have wanted to do with Sal. If I’m on my own… I’m happy to just have a healthy baby.

“Well that’s settled then. A fine choice, to be surprised like in the old days. Baby’s fine. But you, mom,” the word feels very weird to me, but I also realize that it’s the first time I’ve been called that, “you are not fine.”

I blink. “I’m not?”

He shakes his head. “No, sad to say it. You’ve got something called hyperemesis gravidarium.”

“Hyper…”

“-emesis gravidarium,” he finishes.

“What’s that?”