I could hear the guilt in his voice, but I pretended not to notice and replied indifferently, "Go ahead."
"Alright, after seeing the doctor, go home and wait for me. I'll come back to accompany you once I've finished at work."
As he spoke, he was already halfway out of the examination room in a hurry.
Then, Adrian's anxious voice echoed down the hallway, making its way back to my ears. "Clara, don't worry. Just leave the house and wait for me outside in the hallway. Be good, and don't do anything. I'll handle it personally. Mercury is extremely toxic."
I ignored his comforting words to Clara, my attention fully drawn to the doctor standing before me. "Mrs. Reed, your condition is quite unique, and there are a lot of medications we can't use right now. I'll prescribe something without steroids for now, but you need to go home, rest, and take good care of yourself. We'll also need to monitor your condition closely."
Still confused and a bit overwhelmed, I asked, "Doc, what exactly is wrong with me?"
The doctor looked at me with some surprise. "You've been pregnant for over a month now. You didn't know?"