Chapter 50

Jacob POV

Dr. Richards is still talking, but I can’t hear a thing he’s saying. It’s like my body is there but my mind’s stuck in another dimension. I should be angry and sad, and yet I feel strangely calm.

“How long?” I ask him.

“How long, what?” he asks in return.

“How long until the disease renders her incapable of doing anything?” I ask.

Holding Emily’s MRI results in his hand, he says, “It’s hard to say. This disease is very unpredictable.”

“Is there no cure, Doctor?” I ask.

“Unfortunately not. For Miss Adams, it’s in its progressive stage, so any type of treatment would be out of the question,” he adds.

I get up to leave and then shake his hand. “Thank you, Doctor. For the time being, I’d prefer if we keep this just between the two of us.”

He’s taken aback. “Mr Collin, it is my job as Miss Adams’s physician to notify her of her condition.”

“With all due respect, Doctor, I understand it’s your job, but I’d rather that she hear it from me,” I say.

“As you wish,” he says a