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

anything except a little plain porridge. Even when she forced herself to eat,

toll-not just in suffering, but in the growing frailty of her body. Eventually, they had no choice but to hook her up

blurred together in her fight against the illness,

month had passed.

months, Briony had lost over twenty pounds. Her already fair skin now looked nearly translucent, the tiny blue veins beneath as clear

all, her

up tightly and put on a little makeup to cover

truth from them. All they knew was that Mommy was sick-how sick, they

always asked when

her daughter said those words, Briony

would pick Nina up and

Little Nina seemed to sense something was

more mature than his sister maybe because of what he'd gone through when his father was gravely ill. It was as if he'd always known that Mommy's illness

child, always encouraging Briony to take

to behave, to look after

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