Timothy had tried every gentle trick in the book to coax Jessica into going to the amusement park with him, but she refused every time.

Sometimes, she even had the nerve to humiliate him outright.

But now, for the sake of some guy named Herbert, she'd run off to the amusement park to find him.

At the time, Timothy was too angry to care whether Jessica was actually sick or just pretending.

It wasn't until Sheila pointed it out that he realized Jessica probably was genuinely

ill.

She must have been in real pain-otherwise, she wouldn't have broken out in a sweat across her forehead.

Plus, she was on her period. She'd been feeling off since last night.

"Timothy?"

Sheila's voice pulled him out of his thoughts.

their argument, there was no way he was going to look

child. If she's uncomfortable,

sharpened. "Timothy,

Jessica really is sick and you don't even bother to check on her, she's going to be devastated. Is that how you want things between you

back onto the bed. "You just woke up. Stay

more like

himself a reason—if Jessica dared to tease him later for coming back so quickly, he'd just tell her that he wouldn't have bothered if

foot down on

circled the amusement park more than once but found no sign of Jessica. Frustrated,

he caught sight of Herbert helping Jessica out of a coffee shop. Jessica

surge of anger hit

much pain-I'm taking you to the hospital," Herbert

that day, but they hadn't managed to dull

it was her period making her feel this weak, or if her cancer

it was the cancer. Her days were numbered now, and there was

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