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

forced herself to eat, she'd soon

its toll-not just in suffering, but in the growing frailty of her body. Eventually,

in her fight against the illness, time seeming to

of an eye, a month had passed. Winter had come to

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

it all, her children

tightly and put on a little makeup to cover

the adults kept the truth from them. All

asked when Mommy

those words, Briony felt a

would pick Nina up and gently

visits, Little Nina seemed to sense something was wrong

his sister maybe because of what he'd gone through when his father was gravely ill. It was

always encouraging Briony to take her medicine

behave,

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