Back in Present
“So is she here with you as well? In America? This Lady Ambrosia Wentworth character?” asked Autumn.
Merlin nodded his head saying,” No…she was…yes…I protected her as long as I could but finally in the end it was not those bastards who took her away. It was cancer. She had ovarian cancer and it did not get detected until stage four. The doctor said that there was very little chance that her life could be extended by a few months with chemotherapy and all but she did not want to lead the life of a diseased person. She laughed and danced right until the end. You know, what?”
“What?” asked Autumn. She was still reeling from shock that her step-brother whom no one had seen in about five years would suddenly do something like this. But Merlin was already a strange kid, even b
