�Paternity test?� Diane gasped.

�You didn�t request it?�

�No! Who did?�

Dr. Pachla flipped a few pages down, and read, �Lab 234. No names. That�s odd.� She stared at Diane, who was looking all around the room as if searching for an escape hatch.

�Diane, who would want to know this? Who would care about the results? And who else knows you�re pregnant?�

�No one knows,� Diane rasped, �Just you, Dr. Hubley and Dr. Muzqu�z.�

�Does Danny or your boss know?�

�No way. No one at the 1-5 even suspects anything.�

Diane chewed on her lip and looked at the doctor. She seemed nice enough, but Diane didn�t want to look like a nut case and discuss her suspicions that the real father was an incubus and was probably manipulating these things just to drive her crazy.

�Doctor, could you look into this, but very quietly? I don�t know what�s going on, but something isn�t right about this,� Diane spoke slowly, then stared at the STD chart on the wall. �By the way, you said something about a cauterizing procedure. What was that for?�

�That�s something the doctor would do to treat the genital warts, especially if they are obstructing the cervix.�

�Do you need injections for that, directly into the cervix?�

�It depends on how large and how many they are.�

�I hated that procedure. I had to lie still on my back for two hours afterward before they would let me leave.�

Dr. Pachla looked up from her chart suddenly. �What? Two hours? Why did he have you do that?� Her face was pale.

�He said I would experience some pain, and that I needed to recover for a while after the procedure. Was that wrong?� Diane looked worried.

Dr. Pachla shook her head and resumed scowling at the chart.

�We�re done for today, Ms. Russell. I�ll meet you out at the receptionist station. I�m prescribing prenatal vitamins, and you can pick them up from Angie at the front desk.�