Chapter 6 - My Baby Was Alive, but the Treatment Keeping Leo Alive Was Killing Him Slowly—And We Had Hours to Find the Formula My Body Could Safely ProvideThe doctors moved both babies into the same secure hospital.
My son was recovering.
Leo was still fragile.
The treatment keeping Leo alive had side effects.
His liver enzymes were rising.
His kidneys were struggling.
The experimental drug was becoming toxic.
Dr. Marquez examined the data.
"We need to reduce the dosage."
"Will he survive?"
"Maybe."
I looked at Leo.
His little hands were curled into fists.
He was still relying on my milk.
And every time he fed, his numbers improved.
That couldn't be coincidence.
My milk contained the correct combination of nutrients and antibodies.
But it wasn't enough.
Dr. Marquez needed the exact component.
We analyzed it.
A rare protein.
I carried it naturally.
My son had inherited it.
Leo hadn't.
But because his body could use it, the milk temporarily stabilized him.
The research team had been trying to manufacture it.
They had failed.
That was why every formula failed.
I wasn't simply feeding Leo.
I was giving him something the doctors couldn't recreate.
I asked:
"Can we isolate it?"
"Yes."
"Then do it."
The process took hours.
The laboratory produced a purified form.
Leo received it.
His numbers improved.
The doctors stared.
It worked.
Lorenzo looked at me.
"You saved him."
I shook my head.
"My son was part of this too."
He understood.
We had both been used.
We both had children caught in the same experiment.
And the person behind it still hadn't been caught.
Then Marco Rossi appeared on the security cameras.
He was inside the hospital.
He had bypassed every guard.
He entered the laboratory.
And he wasn't alone.
Dr. Reeves stood beside him.
Lorenzo's uncle and the doctor had been working together.
They had taken the babies.
They had built the experiment.
And they had manipulated Sophia's death.
The car bomb hadn't been meant for Lorenzo.
It had been a diversion.
Sophia had discovered the research.
She had to be silenced.
Lorenzo stared at the screen.
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His voice was cold.
"Find them."
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