Page 103 of Seduced By Contract

"They are twins. There are cases in your family, right? I saw your niece and nephew the day I visited your home."

"Two babies?" I repeat, feeling all the panic from when I found out I was pregnant returning.

"Yes, we have two here, and within a short time, we might be able to find out the sex."

There is a strange noise coming from the device, like the sound of someone underwater. I'm no longer paying attention, though, too terrified to celebrate, but when I look at Zeus—his rapt expression as he stares intently at the image—something inside me shifts.

I woke up several times during the night last night, and each time, his eyes were open, watching me. He didn't tell me what he was thinking, but I know it was to do with the discoveries he made yesterday.

“Zeus,” I call.

"We're having two at once, Madison," he says, amazed.

I feel my heart tighten in my chest. I can't change everything he suffered in relation to his parents, but I can give him a future. A home where we will raise our children with love.

I open my arms, and he comes to me. "Yes, we're having two at once. And it's just the beginning."

Madison

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE

Two weeks later

"Hey,sister, I'm so proud of you. Doctor Athanasios told me he is trying hard to bring you back to us, and I couldn't feel happier. You need to wake up soon, Brooklyn. There are two babies inside me, and they will want to kiss and hug their aunt."

I brush a strand of hair from her forehead and tuck it behind her ear. Despite being much thinner, my sister is as beautiful as ever, and if it weren't for the noise of the devices, she would only appear to be asleep.

"And speaking of Doctor Athanasios, I think he has a crush on you. Every time I come to visit, he's either leaving or arriving at your room." I take her hand and kiss it. "As I told you before, my wedding will be the day after tomorrow, and it would be perfect if you could be there, but I understand that you need more time before you wake up. No problem. I'll film everything, and then you can watch it. Soraya will be a flower girl, and Silas and Joseph, Zeus's nephew, will be page boys. I hope they don't make a mess when they enter. They look so beautiful, Brooklyn.I show them photos and videos of you from before, and now they point and say “mommy”. Come back to us, sister. We need you."

I hear the door open, and when I look back, I see the doctor who has become like her shadow. "Hello, Doctor Athanasios."

"Madison, how are you? Do you have a minute to talk?" He speaks to me but looks at her, and I almost smile. If I had any doubts that he was in love with my sister, they’re gone now.

"Of course." After kissing her on the cheek, I follow him down the hall. He takes me to a room on the top floor of the hospital that looks like a consultation room, but I know it's not his, as I've already been there with Zeus.

"Has something happened?" I ask, anxious as always, but before he can respond, I say, "Would you mind if I rearrange the books on that shelf?"

"What?"

"I think I suffer fromOCD,and I won't be able to focus on the conversation if they're not aligned."

"Make yourself comfortable," he says, and for the first time since I met him, healmostsmiles.

Two minutes later, I sit back down. "Okay. You can talk now."

"It's not the first time we've talked, but we've never gone into depth about your sister's condition, only dealing with the evolution of her symptoms. What do you know about comas?"

"As soon as Brooklyn was injured and the doctors declared her in a coma, I researched it. I know they call it a coma when a person becomes unconscious due to brain dysfunction or injury and are not able to wake up or respond to stimuli."

"That's right. Most of the time, patients in a coma lose the ability to reason and are unable to be aware of what is happening around them. There are patients in deep comas who don't show any consciousness and those who, as I explained to you previously, fit Brooklyn's case: they live in a state of partialexcitement. I ran some tests to confirm the nature and degree of her coma."

"And?" I ask, feeling my heart race.

"These tests measure the flow of cerebral energy, which—in almost all cases—indicates the possibility of recovery. To put it simply, these tests tell you whether there is a chance that the patient will wake up."

"Please, I can't take the suspense. I want you to put me out of my misery and just tell me, but at the same time, I’m scared I’ll hit you if it's not what I expect."

"Your sister's results showed that her brain energy flow is close to eighty percent. To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, when the patient has a number around forty-five percent, we know that there is a high probability they will wake up."

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