No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 349



Herschel didn't respond at first, sending a chill down my spine. I quickly reached out and grabbed his arm.

"Herschel, Herschel..."

After a heavy sigh, Herschel slowly opened his eyes. He seemed a bit out of it as he looked at me, "Felicia, I almost didn't wake up just now."

My anxiety spiked, "Herschel, I'm calling the doctor."

But Herschel held onto me, his voice weak, "No need to make a fuss, it's happened before. Just sleep paralysis."

I had always thought of sleep paralysis as a mere spooky story, but now, with his serious illness, his cancer, it seemed like it could be more than just a simple case of sleep paralysis—a warning sign of his condition worsening.

Although I wasn't a doctor, I had enough common sense, not to mention my friend Fanny, who's a real MD.

"Herschel, I'd really feel better if a doctor checked you out," I insisted, going ahead and calling for a doctor anyway.

The doctor ran some routine checks and concluded that Herschel was fine. Apparently, he had just been in a deep stage of sleep where you can hear people calling you but can't wake up.

I told you it was nothing," Herschel chuckled, teasing me for worrying

to show how upset I was, only replying, "Better safe

old is like being a machine that needs some fixing. It happens,"

Herschel's positive attitude,

his easygoing nature, sickness still found him. They say stress can bring illness, and though his cancer wasn't caused by any immediate stress, the situation with Conrad

been for me, Herschel wouldn't

you've got to learn

Let go of worldly worries, stop fretting over your children," I paused, "Conrad and I are over, and whoever he chooses, you and Jacqueline

harboring a grudge. He could be pretty

arm. "Herschel, do you believe in

sighed, "I do. What happened between Conrad and me was meant to

into the distance,

my parents knew. They were orphans who built a life together, from having no one to being loved. They could

bliss or live to

my words were

pessimistic. Herschel shook his

"Felicia, your

believed in leaving things