Chapter 115: I Need To See My Mother

“Cancer?”

The word echoed like a stone dropped into a deep well. My chest squeezed, my ears rang. This couldn’t be real. It didn’t sound real. It didn’t even sound like English. It was like Caleb had spoken in another language, one my brain refused to translate despite being fluent in it.

I felt as if I’d been dunked underwater. Everything slowed, muffled, blurred. His lips were moving, but all I