Chapter 240
After returning home to Valmoria with my parents, I finally had a few peaceful days.}
But it didn’t last long–soon the cancer symptoms started to take over my body.}
I thought the pain I had endured before was already unbearable, but this… this was on a whole different level.
Looking at my newborn child, the strong will to survive pushed me to finally speak up to my mom.
“Mom… I have cancer.”
She froze.
For a moment, she just
“What were you think choked out, her
voice rising. “Why didn’t you tell us the moment you found out?”
me–then the tears came. Fast. Hard. Like something had cracked inside her.”
Her hand lifted, like she was about to slap me. But it dropped softly instead. She just started patting my shoulder over and over again, as if she could somehow press me into her bones and never let me go.”
“What the hell did Beckett do to you?” she whispered, her voice breaking. “Oh, my beautiful daughter–how did you end up like this?”
“If you weren’t happy, why didn’t you come home? Why didn’t you tell us about the cancer sooner? Do you think we can’t afford your treatment? Were you really going to keep hiding it until it got so bad we had to bury you ourselves?“}
Her eyes
just
e red, swollen with grief. And just like that, my heart shattered all over again.
I want to make you and Dad worry. I know I shouldn’t keep it and I should’ve come with you both from the start. I was scared be disappointed in me…”
couldn’t hold it back anymore. Everything I had bottled up inside–months of fear, hurt and regret–it all came pouring out.
After my breakdown, Mom wasted no time dragging me to the hospital.
We went through rounds of tests and waited anxiously for the results.
Dad rushed over the moment he got the news. He came in soaked with sweat, clearly having dropped everything at work the second he heard. And beside him was someone I didn’t expect to see…}
Jordan Ellis.
My college senior.
“Silly girl,” Dad said with red–rimmed eyes, “your mother and I would never be mad at you. Why would you hide this from us?”
He looked wrecked. I could see the panic in his eyes. He hadn’t even had time to properly introduce Jordan, who stood quietly beside him.
But I couldn’t focus on any of that. All I could do was grip Mom’s hand. I was terrified.§
What if my cancer couldn’t be What would happen to my baby? To my parents?}
That was the moment the full
of my decisions came crashing down. I shouldn’t have married Beckett. Why hadn’t I listened to
everyone who warned me and ended up like this?
The doctor finally came in and handed the report to my father.
“She’s at mid–stage, but it’s still treatable. We’ve
had success with cases like hers before. Our top oncologist has worked miracles-“}
“But he’s currently practicing in Caelveth and we can’t guarantee he’ll return anytime soon.“}
The brief hope I felt vanished instantly.
My parents both frowned.
Sure, our family was well–off, but we didn’t have deep ties in the medical world. And this was another country altogether.
Dad clenched his jaw and said firmly, “Don’t worry. I’ll offer half of the Carrington fortune if that’s what it takes to bring him back. You’re going to be okay.”
Tears filled my eyes again.”
Then Jordan stepped forward and quietly said, “I’ll try to contact that doctor, Mr. Carrington.”
