Chapter 49 - And When I Break It's In A Million Pieces

Willow

Okay, I knew this would come; I didn’t know it would come so soon after we just made love. Reid looks at me and cups my cheek, wiping away the tears that had formed even before he told me. T

hey discovered another tumour and had no idea if it was cancerous or not, but River would get back to him with the results in a day. If all goes well, they will remove the new tumour and proceed with chemo to eliminate the parts they couldn’t remove. But for now, they didn’t know if it was malignant or benign… the test would reveal that.

“I didn’t want to ruin our first Christmas together, especially not after what you did for me. But it felt wrong to hide this from you,” he says while his bottom lip trembled.

This was more difficult for him than it was for me, knowing that he just got this happiness and it might be taken away just as quickly.

“I understand. Thank you for telling me. I’ll still be by your side, no matter the outcome