After Briony was rushed to the hospital that day, the doctors confirmed her condition had taken a turn for the worse.

A week of desperate treatments followed-a brutal battle that barely snatched her life back from Death's grasp.

But Briony's illness was anything but typical, defying every expert's predictions.

There was a bitter divide among the doctors. Cedric Clarke had brought in a team of oncologists who insisted on chemotherapy. On the other side, Kendal Ellsworth and several other senior physicians trained in holistic medicine argued fiercely against it.

Their disagreements dragged on, neither side willing to back down.

In the end, it was Briony who made the call.

She refused chemo, opting instead for conservative management.

It was her right as a patient, and though the experts disagreed, they ultimately respected her choice.

Briony moved back into that small medical cottage.

Every day, Kendal would visit to perform acupuncture, and the air inside was thick with the scent of herbal remedies. Bowl after bowl of bitter medicine came and

went without pause.

Briony's illness was held at bay for now, but she

barely keep down anything except a little plain porridge. Even when she forced herself to eat, she'd soon be wracked with nausea,

frailty of her body. Eventually, they had no choice but to hook her up to

in her fight against the illness, time seeming to slip by

a month had

fair skin now looked nearly translucent, the tiny blue veins beneath as clear as if

her children visited every

and put on a little makeup to cover the exhaustion etched on her

innocent. Though they often looked puzzled, the adults kept the truth from them. All they knew was that Mommy was sick-how sick,

asked when Mommy could

daughter said those words, Briony felt a lump in her

and

a few visits, Little Nina seemed to sense something was wrong and stopped

his father was gravely ill. It was as if

child, always encouraging Briony to take her medicine

promised to behave,

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