Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 483:

The weight of those words settled heavily in the room, making Rachel’s throat tighten. She hesitated, unsure of what to say, then gently shifted the topic.

“I thought you were asleep,” she murmured. “I just wanted to make sure you could rest better.”

Myrna shook her head weakly. “You know, people in the late stages of cancer barely sleep. The pain is too much. In the end, it completely takes over… it’s unbearable.”

With that, she said nothing more.

Rachel stayed quiet as well.

Pain? A single word that sent fear through anyone who heard it.

Rachel couldn’t even begin to imagine what death would be like in the months ahead. Would she, too, be tormented to death by unbearable pain?

“Are you taking painkillers?” Rachel asked softly.

think my body’s built up a tolerance. The effects aren’t the same anymore…”

with medication, the pain barely eased, and over time, the drugs would

else could she

was relentless, and eventually, Myrna had no option but to

nurse arrived with the pill, the door swung open, and Huey

him up, and then traffic made things worse. Desperate to get there quickly, he had abandoned his

he was breathless

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“Myrna, honey!”

second he stepped inside, he wrapped Myrna in his arms, as if he needed to feel her

mean to make

worried. Do you have any idea how terrified I

a feeble nod, and a

struggling to sleep? You know taking too many of

won’t take it then,” she said with a soft smile, giving in without

stirred a deep sadness in