She gave me the faintest inkling of a smile and then looked back out of the window. We continued to hold hands.
“She actually made eye contact with you. That’s encouraging,” Jim said.
“Can Grace hear me?” I asked.
“I’m not sure,” he said, with a weary despair in his voice.
“How did she get the scar on her face?”
“While in the hospital a Doctor did a biopsy on a tiny mole on the side of her cheek. I always thought it was a birthmark, one of her prettiest features. It turned out to be a form of skin cancer, a melanoma of the worst kind.”
“Oh my God…”
“Don’t worry Brittany. The Doctor caught it in time. The best Dermatologist in Chicago removed the mole and 1 centimeter distance around it. Thankfully, the cancer didn’t spread to her surrounding skin or lymph nodes. They said she is com
