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Rachel had no idea how long she had been standing outside.
It was only after a doctor walked out, and the room had been silent for a while, that she finally stepped forward and softly knocked on the door.
“Rachel?” Myrna looked up, surprise flashing in her tired eyes. “Why are you here?”
She had just finished a chemotherapy session, and it showed. Her face was deathly pale, completely drained of color, and her voice wavered with weakness as she spoke.
Noticing her struggle to sit up, Rachel hurried forward. “Don’t get up. Just rest.”
“I haven’t been feeling well these past few days, so I’ve been staying here too. But I’m doing better now, so I thought I’d drop by to see you,” Rachel explained simply.
A weak smile barely formed on Myrna’s pale lips. “Rachel, thank you for still remembering me and coming all this way. You know, ever since I got sick, fewer people visit. Especially my relatives–they act like I have something contagious. They won’t even
come close.”
Rachel frowned. “How could they do that?”
Myrna let out a weak breath before continuing, “Honestly, I can’t even blame them. Huey
took out a lot of loans for my treatment, and now there’s a mountain of debt. Everyone has their own struggles, and most of my relatives aren’t doing well financially either. I can’t hold it against them.”
Just from speaking so much at once, Myrna looked completely drained.
Rachel softly helped her lie back down. “You should rest. I’ll stay with you. You don’t have to talk.”
“Alright.”
A short while later, Myrna’s eyes fluttered shut, worn out from exhaustion.
Assuming she had slept, Rachel stood up and moved to close the curtains.
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But before she could, Myrna’s weak voice called out again. “Rachel, the sunlight outside is beautiful… and the view, too. Don’t close the curtains. Let me enjoy it a little longer. Soon… I may not get to see it anymore.”
The weight of those words settled heavily in the room, making Rachel’s throat tighten. She hesitated, unsure of what to say, then gently shifted the topic.
“I thought you were asleep,” she murmured. “I just wanted to make sure you could rest
better.”
Myrna shook her head weakly. “You know, people in the late stages of cancer barely sleep. The pain is too much. In the end, it completely takes over… it’s unbearable.”
With that, she said nothing more.
Rachel stayed quiet as well.
Pain? A single word that sent fear through anyone who heard it.
Rachel couldn’t even begin to imagine what death would be like in the months ahead. Would she, too, be tormented to death by unbearable pain?
“Are you taking painkillers?” Rachel asked softly.
“I’ve been taking them for months, but I think my body’s built up a tolerance. The effects aren’t the same anymore…”
Myrna trailed off, but Rachel already understood.
Even with medication, the pain barely eased, and over time, the drugs would become useless. In the end, there might be no escape from the suffering.
But what else could she do?
The pain was relentless, and eventually, Myrna had no option but to ask the doctor for a sleeping pill.
Just when the nurse arrived with the pill, the door swung open, and Huey rushed in.
Work had held him up, then traffic made things worse. Desperate to get there fast, he had abandoned his car and pedaled the rest of the way.
By the time he arrived, he was breathless and drenched in sweat.
“Myrna, honey!”
The second he stepped inside, he wrapped Myrna in his arms, as if he needed to feel her
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warmth to believe she was really there,
“Huey, I didn’t mean to make you worry…”
“What are you saying? Of course, I’d be worried, Do you have any idea how terrified I was? Don’t ever put me through that again.”
Myrna gave him a feeble nod, and a small, tired smile appeared on her lips. “Alright.”
As she reached for the pill, Huey frowned. “Still struggling to sleep? You know taking too many of these isn’t safe,”
“Okay, I won’t take it then,” she said with a soft smile, giving in without protest.
Watching Myrna like this stirred a deep sadness in Rachel.
She was sure Myrna had never let Huey know just how agonizing chemotherapy had been for her. She had kept it from him to spare him the worry,
Huey knew chemo was brutal, but he had no idea how much she truly suffered–she had
hidden it too well.
“Let her have it. As long as she doesn’t take too many, it should be alright,” Rachel finally said, unable to suppress herself any longer.
Huey turned to Rachel, worry etched across his face. “About Myrna’s health…”
“What she needs most right now is proper rest. The more she sleeps, the better chance she has to regain her strength.”
Myrna cast Rachel a grateful glance, relieved that she hadn’t exposed the real reason behind her request for the sleeping pill.
Huey pondered for a moment before nodding in agreement. “You’re right.”
Not long after taking the pill, Myrna drifted off into a deep sleep.
A brief silence filled the room before Huey finally spoke again. “I really appreciate you coming today.”
Rachel couldn’t help but ask, a hint of confusion in her voice. “Why weren’t you with her during chemo?”
Huey lowered his head, his mood visibly heavy,
After a moment, he finally looked up, his voice heavy with guilt. “The chemo was originally set for three days later, but I had to go back to my hometown for a family
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emergency. But Myrna… she didn’t want me to stress about it. She didn’t want me to see her suffer, so she rescheduled it early.”
So that was the truth.
Myrna had considered everything, down to the smallest detail, all for Huey’s sake.
Even as her life neared its end, her love for him never wavered.
And Huey, in return, cherished her just as much.
“Would you mind staying with her a little longer? I need to talk to the doctor.”
“Of course.”
Once he stepped out, a quiet stillness settled over the room.
Myrna remained peacefully asleep.
Rachel gently adjusted Myrna’s blanket, but in the process, her phone slipped from the
bed.
She bent to retrieve it, but the moment her eyes landed on the screen, an unexpected wave of emotion washed over her.
The lock screen displayed an old photo of Myrna and Huey, taken back in their college days.
They looked so young, their faces glowing with carefree smiles, full of youthful joy.
Back then, they were probably just friends, not yet a couple.
For any girl, having a cherished photo like that with her boyfriend was something to long for. Especially wedding photos–memories to last a lifetime.
The thought hit Rachel so hard that she couldn’t ignore it.
She had to tell Huey.
He didn’t seem like the type to dwell on romantic gestures, and with everything happening, he was probably too overwhelmed to think about something like this.
Following the signs, she navigated through the hallways until she reached the doctor’s
office.
But just as she was about to knock, she heard a cold, matter–of–fact statement that stopped her in her tracks.
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“Mr. Dury, you need to prepare yourself. Your girlfriend doesn’t have much time left.”
