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Esther was discharged on Wednesday, and a letter arrived from Nick on Thursday morning. He’d sent a huge bunch of flowers while she’d been in hospital, but they’d barely talked since the night of the party. The flowers made her blood boil. Didn’t he get it? She wanted to talk to him, not receive flowers. Every day she prayed Nick would talk with her about things that mattered. God had already answered so many prayers. Why wouldn’t he answer this one too?
Esther grabbed the letter, rushed up to her room, and tore open the envelope.
Dear Esther,
As you know, the news of your cancer came as a colossal shock. I still don’t understand, why us?
Progress.
Nick had finally raised the issue of her cancer. His letters had driven her crazy because they focused on his training and snippets of
