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.

software with too many bugs. It's still running, but

ash."

added, "I recommend you be hospitalized

I'll

and I knew my condition was worse than I

on this after the incident, learning that workers exposed to the same type of radiation from ose stones often

weakened immune

image.

talked through this decision th someone, but in reality, there wasn't anyone I could confide in. ter a moment of silence,

line I couldn't cross. If I were admitted, Leonard would find

became public, it would limit

thought for a moment before pulling

on in my Melgrove lab. It's still in clinical trials, but it might help tigate some

pointing to a section in the file. "There are

unfamiliar medical terms, trying to

cases, potential nervous stem complications. But the specifics are still unknown." ould

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