Chapter 139 Desolation

(Adeline)

The oncology ward was as depressing as ever.

There were people my age, but there were also the young ones; the teenagers with a hopeful future snatched from them like a rug and the children who should be running around but were now sitting in their wheelchairs, slumped.

They had learned about the horrible side of life even before knowing what life truly meant.

My heart hurts for all of them. I wish I could do something to make their disease vanish, but I was not a doctor, nor a researcher.

At this stage of my life, I wished I had led a better life than I had but what was the point of crying over spilled milk?

Today was my monthly appointment where the doctor told me all about how the cancer was shrinking after a month of chemotherapy. Until now, the results were exceptional and I hoped that it was the case now as well.

I did not want to bother any of my daughters because they had their own things to worry about. Lydia was busy with making preparations for the tour and Ruby w