Unexpected Reunion in the Exam Room

My ass was half-freezin' on the exam table, this stupid lil' gown doin' nothin' to cover the fact

I was totally naked underneath. Then the door opened. "Rachel Miller." I knew that voice,

knew it in my bones, in my fuckin' soul. My head snapped up so fast I almost got whiplash.

Creed, my son, standin' there in a white coat, a stethoscope around

his neck, holdin' a chart. He looked different. Older. A man.

His eyes, the same shade as his father's, scanned the chart, then lifted to meet

mine. A slow, easy smile spread on his face. "Mom!

Didn't realize it was you." My heart wasn't beatin' right. It was stutterin'