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?”

face was heavy with

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

furrowed in

heard the survival rate for breast cancer is relatively high. How did

her expression

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

was unpredictable, full of twists no one could foresee. No

her of her 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

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

long time, she believed she was the most unfortunate. But now, hearing about Myrna, she wasn’t so sure. Who

𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓾𝓹𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓰𝓪𝓵𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓼.𝓬𝓸𝓶