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.

I think my body’s built up a tolerance. The

would become useless. In the end,

else could

was relentless, and eventually, Myrna had no option but to ask the doctor for

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

held him up, and then traffic made things worse. Desperate to get there quickly, he had abandoned his car and pedaled the rest of the

the time he arrived, he was breathless and

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝖈𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗮 gⱯ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⩶𝖼𝗈𝗺

“Myrna, honey!”

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

I didn’t mean to

any idea how terrified I was?

feeble nod, and a small, tired smile appeared on her lips.

the pill, Huey frowned. “Still struggling to sleep? You

won’t take it then,” she said with a soft smile, giving in

stirred a