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Chapter 8

Her eyes suddenly brimmed with tears, disbelief etched across her face as she wrapped her arms around my waist.

"It can't be true! You've always been so healthy! You must be lying to me!"

The façade I had maintained for so long cracked, and the tension in my mind snapped like a frayed wire. Perhaps it was the culmination of everything I had wished for before my impending death; I no longer craved my mother's embrace.

I slowly pushed her awkward hug away, feeling a wave of dizziness wash over me. The pain from the cancer had spread through my body like wildfire. I coughed up more blood, and as my mother reached out to wipe the crimson stain from my lips, I fought against the urge to faint.

With great effort, I stood up and forced my back to straighten as I walked toward the exit, every step a colossal effort. I was only a few steps away from the door when I stumbled forward, but my mother rushed to catch me.

I closed my eyes in exhaustion, and her heart-wrenching cries filled th
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