Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 394:

Rachel, noticing her unease, softened her tone.

“Elsa, there’s no need to be so nervous. Just say what’s on your mind. And honestly, I’m curious, what happened to Myrna? How did she become so ill so suddenly?”

At Rachel’s gentle tone, Elsa seemed to relax slightly. Her lips quivered as she struggled to find the right words. Finally, she spoke, her voice fragile but clear.

“Rachel, the truth is… Myrna is in the late stages of breast cancer. It’s already spread to her liver.”

The words struck Rachel like a thunderclap, leaving her momentarily breathless. A heavy, suffocating weight seemed to press down on her chest, making it hard to think.

“How… how did this happen?” Rachel asked, her voice trembling.

Perhaps thinking of her own struggles, her heart ached with deep, empathetic sorrow.

“When did this start?”

was heavy

earlier this year. By the time Myrna found out, it was already too

brow furrowed in

breast cancer is relatively high. How did it get this

nodded, her expression

the most aggressive and incurable type. The disease spread quickly. After years of hard work with Huey Dury, they finally bought a house and settled down here. But the treatment costs have wiped them out. She’s under so much pressure, she doesn’t want to burden him, and her constant depression has

sighed deeply, her heart heavy. Life was unpredictable, full of twists no one could foresee. No one knew

own situation. Without the test results staring her in the face, she wouldn’t have believed Myrna had a terminal illness. Sometimes, waking up in the morning, she felt it was all

forced to confront the harsh reality—it wasn’t a joke. It was her life,

But now, hearing about Myrna, she wasn’t so sure. Who

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