Chapter 1

Chapter 1



After college, I left my penniless boyfriend, chasing dreams and dollars with a wealthy heir abroad.

Two years later, I was sent packing back home, only to find my ex had made it big. He went to great lengths to marry me.

Everyone said he was head over heels, ready to let bygones be bygones.

Little did they know that he turned the table on me, changing lovers like shirts in a twisted revenge. He'd confront me, demanding why I wasn't jealous, why I didn't care.

I'd only smile back. "Why should I care when I'm gonna die anyway?"

On our third anniversary, Clyde Patterson set off fireworks by the beach with Kayla Osborne while I curled up on the couch, endlessly dialing his number.

"Sorry, the number you are calling is not available..." The robotic voice echoed again, and I passed out.

When I awoke, I was in a hospital bed, the doctor hesitating before me.

"How long do I have?" I asked calmly.

He gave a bureaucratic sigh. "With surgery now and regular chemotherapy, there's still hope."

I stared blankly at the ceiling, replying, "This is my second relapse."

Pain pierced through me, sweat beading on my forehead.

drug could inhibit the cancer cells. Each dose

with the medication for six months after the surgery..." He stopped,

but I was

dressed. "Let's schedule

few thousand dollars. Maybe I

around my neck, I felt

first thanked

sympathetically. "Don't mention it. It's Rocky you should thank. I wouldn't have known you had fainted if it wasn't for his barking. Good thing

my adopted Labrador, was my

unabashed actions, loud as if to ensure I heard, were a slap in

justified it. "You reap what

fight, I left home distraught, finding Rocky abandoned with

shared despair. Both of us

traded my gold necklace to save Rocky. Then,

I couldn't bring myself t him. "Brenda, I might need to pitalized for

to pet

a while.

after Rocky for

passed last year, I was sure she'd help. Sure

Rocky would be cared for

my

generous with

bags, and

jewelry for events required his approval.

to our home and didn't deserve

at my phone, the company gossip

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