The Year I Stopped Being His novel Chapter 230

Those words struck like a bolt of lightning, rooting everyone to the spot.

Diego's legs gave out. He stumbled backward, only staying upright because Wyatt caught him. His eyes went wide.

"What did you say? Brain cancer?!"

"Glioblastoma Multiforme, stage four. Diagnosed half a year ago," Garrison said, his voice low but laced with an uncontrollable tremor.

"Every single day, she endures a level of agony you can't even begin to imagine. Headaches, vomiting, vision loss, confusion... She takes three times the normal dose of painkillers."

Josh stood there, completely paralyzed by the revelation.

Memories flooded his mind, moments he had dismissed as trivial suddenly taking on a devastating new meaning.

The night of the gala on The Oceanic Glory, Sloane had suddenly crouched down, clutching her forehead in obvious agony, only to brush it off as seasickness.

The day in the off-road vehicle, when she had shivered uncontrollably, her face devoid of color, claiming she was just cold...

And that time at the base of Wells Peak, when she collapsed into his arms, trembling with pain. He had thought it was just an act.

He had assumed she deliberately left her pill bottle exposed for Lilah Lane to see, purposely making everyone believe it was just an old migraine flaring up.

But the heavy sweat pouring down her face, the violent tremors, the way her eyes lost focus from the sheer torment... how could anyone fake that? How could she have acted that out?!

A suffocating wave of despair crushed Josh's chest. Why hadn't he noticed something was wrong sooner?

Why did he let her endure such unimaginable suffering all alone on this journey?!

Professor Harrison took off his glasses and wiped them on his shirt. The lenses were already spotless, but he rubbed them for a long time before looking up at Garrison.

"Garrison, you're a doctor, aren't you?"

His tone was perfectly level, yet it carried the oppressive weight of a gathering storm. "You are the best oncologist in The United States. You won The Nobel Prize in Medicine. You've saved countless patients. And Sloane is your wife. Why couldn't you save her?"

Garrison opened his mouth, but a massive lump formed in his throat, choking off his words.

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