Chapter 20

Olivia

I leaned my head onto Tracy's bedroom door, pushing with all my force to open it. I could see the carpet of her room through the tiny gap.

"Open the door, Tracy. I'm not even joking. If you don't open it in the next two minutes, young lady, you're going straight to the boarding school," I said.

"But, I don't wanna go to chemo!"

Her shaky voice melted my heart. That poor kid doesn't deserve to go through all that.

"Honey, I'm doing what's better for you."

"You're being selfish, mom. I don't want to live like this my whole life. Patients like me never recover. I heard the doctor last time."

Now she was crying. I wanted to die.

"Baby, open the door at least. I love you," I pleaded.

She opened the door. As I walked in, something stabbed my toe. It was a fork; its prongs were bent at the top. How did she even break it into two pieces! She used a utensil to lock the door. I removed the lock from her room the last time she refused to go to chemo and locked herself in her room.