Broken

Chapter 22

"Hello?"

"Hello."

"Clary! Where the hell are you? I have tried tracking you woman! What the hell?" The person on the other line whisper yelled.

"I'm safe. Some place I knew you wouldn't be able to find me, Magnus, I'm sorry. I'm okay. I promise." I said reassuringly. 

"Tell me where you are I need to see you. Clary, Izzy needs to know that you're okay. Your mother needs to know that you're okay." Magnus said worry filled his voice.

I sighed and looked at Sylas sitting in front of me slurping his milkshake loudly.  I had an instant idea.

"Okay. I'll tell you where I am but you have to swear on the life of Alec that you will come alone. Magnus I am trusting you do not make me regret it. " I said slowly, letting out a deep breath.

"I promise that I will come alone. Now tell me, where the hell are you?" Magnus whispered harshly.

"I'm in Idris Magnus." I said then hung up. I looked at Sylas and smiled, getting up from the booth and extending my hand for him to grab.

"Come on pipsqueak. Were gonna be late for my appointment." I said as we walked out of the diner on our way to the hospital here in Idris. We walked hand in hand, silence filling the air all the way there. Once inside we walked to the woman behind a desk and signed in.

30 minutes later a nurse walked out and called my name leading me into an exam room with Sylas. Once I answered all her questions she left saying that the doctor would be right back.

"Hello Miss Fairchild. I am Doctor St. Claire. How are you feeling today?" asked a tall looking lady with ivory colored skin and raven colored hair which was very long. She had beautiful blue eyes that seemed to stare deeply into my soul.

"I've been feeling great a little stressed but great non the less."

She sat down on her chair and started pouring the gel on my stomach while moving the transducer around my belly. She started to take pictures of the baby while we heard the heart beat of my baby boy. I couldn't help but smile at it.

"Look here is his little foot. Here you can see his nose and lips. He looks like he is sleeping." She said with a smile on her face.

"Yeah. He's always in that position. Ever since I could clearly see him he's been in that position. He barely moves at all." I said watching the doctors smile slowly drop as she looks at the monitor closely.

"He doesn't move? At all?" she asked looking at my face.

"No. Not really, is that something bad?" I said my heart speeding up at all the possibilities running through mind. I felt tears prick my eyes at the thought of something bad happening to my baby boy.

"Well I would like to consult my fellow doctors. I will be right back." She said quickly grabbing an image of the scan and left. I started thinking of everything that has happened since I found out I was pregnant. From the nightmares to leaving home.

The doctor soon came back in with another doctor behind her they both had blank looks on their faces. She sat down on her chair gave me a paper towel to clean myself up and let out a deep breath.

"There is no easy way to tell you this Miss Clary. Your baby girl might have osteogenisis imperfecta. This condition is a congenital disorder, characterized by fragility of the bone as a result of a congenital deficiency in the production of a protein, collagen type I. Those who carry the defect have less collagen than normal or lower quality as it is an important protein in bone structure, it causes unusual weakness and fragility of bones. She is measuring at least 3 weeks behind where she should be, her legs appear to be deformed to some extent, and I can't really see her hands clearly." She said as she showed me the pictures. I felt my eyes filling with tears. "I want you to go and take you to get an advanced scan so we can confirm this okay?" She asked looking at me. I nodded vigorously.

"Wait. I can't leave Sylas." I whispered slowly. She nodded in understanding. She walked outside and brought a woman, dressed in a suit, that I recognized as Penny behind them a wheelchair was brought for me.

"I thought you might say that so I brought Miss Aldrige. She deals with the children when we have this kind of situations." she said and gestured for me to sit on the wheelchair.

I walked slowly over to Sylas and grabbed his cheeks. "I will be right back Sylas. Miss Aldrige here will keep you company, okay?" I said slowly to him. He nodded his head slowly at me and walked over to Penny. I sat in the wheelchair and let them drive me away to get my scans.

On the way to and from the radiology center where filled with silence. Total and complete silence. Once we got to the exam room did they start talking.

"Miss Clary, we found her hands, but one of them is hyper flexed, along with the bones of her lower arm. She is also still sitting in the same position. We discovered that both of her femurs have multiple fractures. One leg has two fractures in the femur while the other showed what can only be described as multiple fragments, indicating at least 4 fractures. In addition, the lower legs are hyper flexed and there were possible deformities of her feet." said doctor St. Claire. I gasped as tears ran down my checks as I grabbed my stomach protectively. "In this case your daughter has OI Type II or III. Type II is generally fatal before birth, and type III is severely debilitating during life, usually culminating with severe disability and early death. If she does have Type III, her life would start out with incredible medical intervention in the form of reconstructing her legs, including possible amputation on the leg with the fragmented femur. From the moment of her birth, she would suffer incredible pain, and quite possibly, a lifetime of pain for little gain. She would never be able to walk, run, or play sports. Normal school would be out of the question. Simply changing her diaper or clothing would most likely result in fractures." She said with a look of complete sadness. I gasped as more tears ran down my face.

"Are you saying that-that my baby is-that- even inside on me she is at risk of breaking? Of-of dying? The place where she is supposed to be safe is not even safe for her? I didn't even know it was a girl! I was told it was a boy! Oh my god! How could this happen!" I yelled at them tears running down my face as I sobbed. I knew they weren't at fault but I didn't care. My world had just crumbled in a matter of minutes.

"We strongly suggest that you terminate the pregnancy. It is what's best for you Miss Clary." Said Dr. St. Claire as her eyes where filled with tears she was trying to hold back.

I couldn't feel anything I was just numb all over. I just nodded and grabbed my things, walked to the front desk, paid, grabbed Sylas and left as tears streamed down my checks.