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Chapter 7 A Reason to Return

Author: Roewan
I had been living on a small island in the Pacific for half a year.

The stomach cancer had been a misdiagnosis, but the week I had spent living in fear and uncertainty had been very real. I hadn't wanted to make them worry, so I carried it all by myself.

I had even thought about what I could do to keep them from grieving too much if the illness couldn't be treated and I died.

Alas, it had all been me making a fuss over nothing.

The book covering my face was suddenly lifted, and the sunlight
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