How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 266

Early the next morning.

Elodie got ready quickly and headed straight to the hospital.

She had a full day ahead.

In the morning, she'd be undergoing chemotherapy and finalizing her divorce. In the afternoon, she'd arranged to meet Joseph, who was bringing along his doctor friend.

Her first round of chemo was scheduled for 8:30.

Before that, she stopped in to see her primary physician.

She needed to confirm the details of her surgical treatment plan.

When the doctor saw Elodie, she couldn't help but frown, glancing down at Elodie's chart with a sigh. "Just turned twenty-five... so young. The uterus is so important for a woman. I really hope you'll think this through carefully."

She was clearly reluctant for someone so young to undergo a hysterectomy.

Most women Elodie's age hadn't even married or thought about children yet. What a waste, the doctor thought.

But Elodie understood the compassion behind her words. She managed a gentle smile. "It's alright. I've made up my mind."

The doctor hesitated, then asked, "Are you married?"

Elodie lowered her gaze, rubbing her cold fingers before answering with a faint smile, "I'm getting divorced today."

The doctor paused, surprised.

A complicated pity flickered in her eyes.

a hysterectomy-these things

inability to have children... Was that

doctor sighed inwardly, saddened by human

rounds of chemo and a full hysterectomy. Success was far from guaranteed-right now, the odds of a successful surgery were only

it all in

the chemo make

she was worried about. If

her head, reassuring her. "It's not a given. It depends

finally felt a bit

you please write out the

nodded and prepared

it-three rounds of chemotherapy, then a

paperwork into her bag and made her way to the oncology wing. At this hour, she was the first

few deep breaths, and

session lasted about twenty

Still, Elodie was left weak and nauseated,

nurse looked sympathetic. "No family with

her brow, immune to the question by now.

allowed herself twenty minutes to

fixed her makeup, and headed straight

when she reached the

Mercedes parked across the street in

Jarrod's car.

here

would finally be dissolved. Of course Jarrod would be eager

down the street, carrying a familiar brown paper coffee bag. He didn't see Elodie, hurrying straight to