Chapter 231

[Cordelia]

"Doctor, are you saying my little boy is seriously ill? That it isn’t just a cold?"

I can't remember what he says next because everything else is a blur. His words rush past me in a whirlwind of confusion. More scans, more tests, more treatments that may or may not work.

Apparently this virus is so lethal that it kills most of the people who catch it. It’s also extremely rare. Steele Labs had been working on a cure for this virus and several others by making a miracle treatment that would work on everything from this illness to infant lung cancer.

They died before they could ever share it with the world.

And now my baby, my perfect baby boy, might be dying like so many other Steele babies before him.

"He's a strong, healthy child," the doctor assures us, "And while there is no perfect cure for an illness like this, but with treatment he has a chance. We were able to save Atlas and Clark from this illness, maybe some of the same treatments will work for Jasper."

"But it mi