Chapter 22
Riley's POV (contd)
I wiped my face with the back of my hand, in an attempt to pull myself together, but the tears wouldn’t stop, I cupped my mouth with my palm to suppress the loud sobs but I couldn't get myself to stop. The room felt like it was closing in on me. My chest tightened, and the doctor's words kept echoing in my head. ‘cancer, chemotherapy, she might not make it.’
"How... how bad is it?" I finally managed to ask, my voice barely above a whisper.
The doctor sighed, her expression sympathetic. "I’m so sorry we didn't figure it out in time, I should have known when one of the nurses complained about her stool containing traces of blood a while back. It's advanced now but since the diagnosis, We’ve been doing what we can to manage her symptoms, but without the su
