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.

was held at bay for now, but she grew thinner by the

she forced herself to eat, she'd soon

of her body. Eventually, they

days blurred together in her fight against the illness, time

month had passed.

twenty pounds. Her already fair skin now looked nearly translucent, the tiny blue

all, her children visited

knew they were coming, Briony would bundle herself up tightly and put on a little makeup to cover the exhaustion etched on

looked puzzled, the adults kept the truth from them. All

asked when Mommy could

her daughter said those words, Briony

Nina up and

seemed to

of what he'd gone through when his father was gravely ill. It was as if he'd always known that Mommy's

child, always encouraging Briony to

He promised to behave, to look after his

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