Follow the Feeling (full entire free novel) part 20

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“And you’re sure?” he asked.

“We usually wait a few hours and get another opinion but in rare exceptions such as this, I personally feel it is best to let the loved ones know right away.”

He had her whole body, x-rayed, there are spots on the bladder, the lungs and the brain.

“And they’re definitely cancerous?”

“For a woman her age, height and lifestyle, we can only at the minute be almost certain.”

“99%?”

“Ninety-nine percent.” He replied with a slight bow.

He did not want to ask.

He had to ask,

“Treatment?”

He shook his head, “There isn’t any.” In a low useless tone.

The doctor vacated after making it clear that if there’s anything he can do, he’d be around. Then he left a leaflet for grieving and many numbers to call, “I am sorry it had to be this way.” Were his final words.

His mam of all the years he had been alive was trying to speak, her face was jovial but lacked the stature be-fitting of such a woman. Her words were mumbled and made no sense, Dennis believed she was trying to make a joke.

“All I do is subsist now then eh?”

A-Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wam-bam-boom!

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