Rachel sat on the examination bed with her fingers twisting the edge of her purse, trying to ignore the sound of her heartbeat thudding inside her ears. Across from her, Dr. Halden flipped through her medical file, his brow slowly creasing the deeper he read. “Mrs. Voss,” he began with a sigh that already felt like bad news. Rachel lifted her eyes, forcing a smile that barely reached her eyes. “It's okay, you can tell me.”The doctor hesitated. That alone made her stomach twist in an unusual way. She had been coming for tests for months, chasing the answer to the nagging pain in her lower abdomen, the bleeding. “You've been coming here for months,” he said gently. “We've run multiple scans, blood tests, tissue samples. I wanted to be absolutely sure before speaking to you.” Her throat tightened, “Doctor…please.” He nodded slowly, “The abnormal cells we observed earlier have progressed. You have early stage cervical cancer.” Rachel blinked, her fingers tightening around her purs
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