Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 131

hapter 131 Too Heavy to Carry

he next day, I went to the hospital to meet with Julian. He seemed mildly irritated that Jill had entioned the new drug to me.

he can't even tell the difference between cold medicine and antibiotics, yet she recommended you for is trial?" he muttered, flipping through my test results quickly before taking off his glasses. va, the radiation exposure from the quarry has had a significant impact on your body. It's not looking

jod."

was the first time I'd seen him without them. His expression grew more serious, making him look even ore professional.

s bluntness hit me hard, and I sat there nervously. "Is my cancer going to relapse?"

's not certain, but the probability is high," he said, not sugarcoating the situation. He pointed out several oubling indicators in my test results, and I felt the hope slowly drain out of me.

had thought my body would hold up long enough to at least uncover the truth about my father's death. it now, it seemed like just staying alive was going to be a struggle.

our body's too weak. The chemotherapy, combined with the radiation exposure from the stones, has ken a toll on you," Julian explained.

like you're a software with too many bugs. It's still running,

ash."

recommend you be hospitalized for 24/7 monitoring.

and I'll be

usually speak this gravely, and I knew my condition was worse than I had

workers exposed to the same type

exposure was brief, my weakened immune system made me highly susceptible to

image.

time to process it. I should have talked through this decision th someone, but in reality, there wasn't anyone I could confide in. ter a moment of silence, I shook my head.

a firm line I couldn't cross. If I were admitted, Leonard

it would limit my ability to investigate my father's

for a moment before

on in my Melgrove lab. It's still in

pointing to a section in the file. "There

at the unfamiliar medical terms,

include nausea, dizziness, nosebleeds, and, in some cases, potential nervous stem complications. But the

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