Quadruplets Mission: The Parent Hunt Begins

delivery room were harsh, sterile, but Juliette Brooks barely noticed them. Her whole world had narr

ently, voice hesitant. "You've... y

rupl

r body. Her hands trembled on the bloodied sheets, her skin pale and slick with sweat. She had no stre

the room, each one fragile and pink and impossibly small. But her

est. The

who di

d, voice hoarse. "What

grave look with the nurse b

r newborns, two are experiencin

One of the babies-the quietest-didn't

e marrow-related. Without immediate and co

need to hea

bed, her body shaking, not from the after

ing

ications, they said. She never even got to hold that baby. One of her chi

.. her third-born.

Her father had signed her company away the same week Logan gave her the

ildren. And only two of them might s

see him," s

bundle to her chest. Juliette looked down at

e was breathing-barely. His little fists curled

ing down her cheeks. Her voice cracked whe

o

nd. But he blinked once-s

icker of life

.

harder t

tightly around the tiny child cradled against her chest. The other two babies-Jace and

of it, even if she had to work

Ju

omething she co

line of his jaw, the cold distance in his

e. You're noth

ated

ge for money. That she'd sold herself. Th

out of that house. And he didn't know about this

d fallen asleep against her chest

don't want to give you up. But if I

ir. None of

e had walked away from a marriage, from a name, from a family

she wasn'

.

lipped out of the h

er body still aching with every step. She moved like a ghost, cradling the s

ross's estate. Just a hundred dollars and a request-"Plea

g look, but nodded. He

ge of the blanket, her hands trembling. I

medical care only you can provide. If you don't believe he's yours, ta

, Juliette collapsed onto the curb, hands

ad to beg the man who hat

ldn't even hold her son whe

the price o

ain in Logan's story forever

d her tears, and turned

ning sky, "One day... I'll come back for you

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