Please Come Back, My Love novel Chapter 132

Chapter 132

“I’m fine,” she said quickly. “Just-

But she wasn’t fine,

I watched her face turn from pale to gray. Watched her eyes so wide.

“Mom, what’s wrong?”

She stood up fast. Too fast. The chair scraped against the floor.

“Bathroom, she gasped.

She stumbled toward the hallway. I shot up, following her.

“Mom!”

She barely made it to the bathroom before she bent over the sink. The retching sound made my stomach lurch.

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I stood in the doorway, frozen.

She was vomiting. Violently. Her whole body shaking with each heave.

Then I saw it.

Blood.

Bright red, splashing into the white sink.

“Oh my God.” My voice came out strangled. “Mom-

She kept retching. More blood. So much blood.

I moved without thinking, grabbing a towel, reaching for her.

“I’m calling 911.”

“No.” She gasped it out between heaves. “Don’t-”

“The fuck I won’t! My hands shook as I grabbed her shoulders. “You’re throwing up blood!”

‘Elena, please~”

“No!” I was screaming now. I didn’t care. “No more lies. No more I’m fine bullshit!”

She finally stopped retching. Leaned against the sink, breathing hard. Her lips were stained red.

I grabbed toilet paper, trying to wipe her mouth with trembling hands.

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3:05 pm

Chapter 132

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This isn’t normal,” I said. My voice broke. “This isn’t getting old or standing up too fast or any of the other shit you’ve been feeding me.”

“Elena-

“You’re dying.”

The word hung in the air between us.

Mom’s eyes met mine in the mirror. For a second-just a second-I saw the truth there

Then she looked away.

‘I’m not-

‘Don’t you dare lie to me again.” Tears streamed down my face. “I just lost everything. My baby. My marriage. I can’t-”

My voice cracked completely.

“I can’t lose you too.”

She turned, reaching for me. “Sweetheart-

“Tell me the truth.” I grabbed her arms, holding her steady. “Right now. What’s wrong with you?”

She opened her mouth. Closed it. Her whole body was shaking.

“Mom. My voice dropped to a whisper. “Please.”

“I’ve been seeing a doctor,” she finally said. “For a few months now.”

My heart stopped.

“What kind of doctor?”

“An oncologist.”

The world tilted.

Oncologist.

Cancer.

She has cancer.

“No.” I shook my head. “No, no, no-

“Elena, listen-

“How long have you known?” My grip on her arms tightened. “How long have you been hiding this?”

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Laid want to worry you. You were dealing with so much-

“How. Long.”

She closed her eyes. Six months.”

Six months.

While I was drowning in my marriage. Losing my baby. Trying to kill myself.

She has been struggling against her illness all by herself.

“Why didn’t you tell me?’ I was sobbing now. “Why didn’t you-*

Her vo ce broke. “Back then you were stuck in the quagmire of your marriage, dealing with a pile of your own troubles. I couldn’t be one more thing you had to worry about.”

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