My Sweetheart novel Chapter 387

Bertie was standing by the door and heard what the doctor said. His frowned deeply.

He ran after the doctor when the doctor left the wardroom, only to see Joseph waiting for the doctor in his office already.

“Mr. Joseph, are you sure you want to hide it from Miss Kathy, the fact that her brain tumour is spreading?”

“You should know that the success rate for the surgery for brain tumour doesn’t even exceed 5%.”

Bertie froze up listening to their conversation from outside the room. He heard everything clearly and his body started to tremble violently.

Kathy was…

He abruptly rushed into the room, the two of them were surprised to see him.

Bertie grabbed Joseph by the collar furiously, “Joseph, you were lying to her this whole time!”

Joseph was wearing a heavy expression and there was a glint of anguish in his eyes.

He just didn’t know how to tell her.

It was a fact so cruel that even he couldn’t accept it.

Let alone Kathy.

She just fulfilled her dream and had just started her postgraduate. He didn’t want the illness to take away everything from her.

“What will happen if she doesn’t undergo surgery?” asked Bertie bleakly.

The doctor shook his head and answered, “Best-case scenario, she’ll have three more years to live.”

Bertie let go of his hand frustratedly after hearing what the doctor said and punched the wall as hard as he could.

Kathy was standing outside of the door. She was initially here to get her medical record from the doctor and the news came like a bolt from the blue.

She laughed bitterly, that was the reason why.

No wonder her head would hurt so badly for no reason and her health was steadily deteriorating, and that she would pass out every so often.

Three years…

And three years was the best-case scenario.

Kathy didn’t know how she walked back to the ward. She lied down on the bed and closed her eyes, she felt very sorrowful, but she couldn’t seem to cry.

She covered the blanket over her shoulder as if the sadness would go away being embraced by the blanket like this.

She only came back to her senses when she heard footsteps coming in from outside.

It was Bertie.

He looked at Kathy solemnly.

He wanted to tell Kathy the truth, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

He finally understood how Joseph felt. Maybe he felt the same, they just didn’t have the heart to tell her the truth.

“I bought you some porridge.” Bertie inched closer to Kathy.

He opened the table, and his hands were slightly trembling.

He was distracted and spilt a bit of the porridge.

“Sorry…” Bertie quickly cleaned up the mess.

Kathy shook her head plainly, “It’s okay. You should head back, I’ll be fine by myself.”

Right now, she didn’t want to be with or talk to anyone.

“Let me accompany you, I will be sitting on the sofa and will not bother you.” Bertie sat down and never came closer after that.

Kathy knew how persistent Bertie could be and she probably couldn’t make him leave. She quietly ate the porridge.

At night, she was reading comics on her phone. It was something brutally hilarious, but her tears started to fall.

“Bertie, I would like to be alone.” Kathy sounded a bit bitter.

Bertie looked at her and tried to read her expression, he frowned.

“Go back, please,” Kathy repeated herself.

Bertie could see the determination in her eyes and hence he didn’t say anything back this time.

He shouldn’t bother her if she wanted to be alone.

Bertie closed the door and saw Joseph standing outside the wardroom.

He was leaning against the wall and there was a lit cigarette between his fingers.

“Do you have another one?” Bertie walked up to him.

Joseph threw a box of cigarette to him. Both of them who would only ever talk about business started to talk about private matters in the corridor.

“Can she undergo surgery?”

“Yes, but the success rate is nearly zero.” Joseph had a heavy expression on her face.