My Sweetheart

Bertie was standing by the door and heard what the doctor said. His frowned deeply.

He ran after the doctor when the doctor left the wardroom, only to see Joseph waiting for the doctor in his office already.

“Mr. Joseph, are you sure you want to hide it from Miss Kathy, the fact that her brain tumour is spreading?”

“You should know that the success rate for the surgery for brain tumour doesn’t even exceed 5%.”

Bertie froze up listening to their conversation from outside the room. He heard everything clearly and his body started to tremble violently.

Kathy was…

He abruptly rushed into the room, the two of them were surprised to see him.

Bertie grabbed Joseph by the collar furiously, “Joseph, you were lying to her this whole time!”

Joseph was wearing a heavy expression and there was a glint of anguish in his eyes.

He just didn’t know how to tell her.

It was a fact so cruel that even he couldn’t accept it.

Let alone Kathy.

She just fulfilled her dream and had just started her postgraduate. He didn’t want the illness to take away everything from her.

“What will happen if she doesn’t undergo surgery?” asked Bertie bleakly.

The doctor shook his head and answered, “Best-case scenario, she’ll have three more years to live.”

Bertie let go of his hand frustratedly after hearing what the doctor said and punched the wall as hard as he could.

Kathy was standing outside of the door. She was initially here to get her medical record from the doctor and the news came like a bolt from the blue.

She laughed bitterly, that was the reason why.

No wonder her head would hurt so badly for no reason and her health was steadily deteriorating, and that she would pass out every so often.

Three years…

And three years was the best-case scenario.

Kathy didn’t know how she walked back to the ward. She lied down on the bed and closed her eyes, she felt very sorrowful, but she couldn’t seem to cry.

She covered the blanket over her shoulder as if the sadness would go away being embraced by the blanket like this.

She only came back to her senses when she heard footsteps coming in from outside.

It was Bertie.

at Kathy solemnly.

Kathy the truth, but he couldn’t

how Joseph felt. Maybe he felt the same, they just didn’t have the heart to tell her

you some porridge.” Bertie inched closer to

the table, and his hands were slightly

was distracted and spilt a

quickly cleaned

You should head back, I’ll

didn’t want to be

accompany you, I will be sitting on the sofa and will not bother you.” Bertie sat down and

Bertie could be and she probably couldn’t make him leave. She

phone. It was something brutally hilarious,

I would like to be alone.” Kathy sounded a

and tried

back, please,”

see the determination in her eyes and hence he didn’t say

bother her if she wanted

saw

the wall and there

have another one?” Bertie walked

only ever talk about

“Can she undergo surgery?”

the success rate is nearly zero.” Joseph

to hide it from her

out

we can do?” Bertie looked down, his eyes were filled with anguish

how could she accept

she won’t die,” stated

discharged from the hospital the

gave her had their labels ripped

that these were probably medicines to control her

the university and on the way, he kept reminding her

but she looked

university were as usual. It was closing in

down in the last row

couldn’t catch

the lesson plan and frowned

during the class and a few including Kathy failed

while and hence Joseph asked her to

you need me to give you

after looking at Kathy’s results, it was worse than

I will study up

every class. If you can study it up on your own, then there’s no