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.

looked at Kathy

truth, but he couldn’t bring himself to do

understood how Joseph felt. Maybe he felt the same, they just didn’t have the

bought you some porridge.” Bertie

opened the table, and his hands

spilt

cleaned

okay. You should head back, I’ll be fine by

to be with or talk to

on the sofa and will not bother you.” Bertie sat down and never came closer

and she probably couldn’t make him leave. She quietly

phone. It was something brutally hilarious, but her tears

would like to be alone.” Kathy sounded a

looked at her and tried to read

please,”

determination in her eyes and hence he didn’t say

bother her if she wanted to

and saw Joseph

and there was a lit cigarette between

have another one?” Bertie walked

Both of them who would only ever talk

“Can she undergo surgery?”

the success rate is nearly zero.” Joseph had a

hide it from her

will find out

looked down, his eyes were filled with anguish and

young, how could

she won’t die,”

the

the doctor gave her had their labels ripped

were probably medicines

he kept reminding her to

yes, but she looked

It was closing in to the

classes every Friday. Kathy sat down in

quite some time. She couldn’t catch up and the class was hard to

lesson plan and frowned

a few including Kathy failed the quiz. They were summoned by Joseph to go to his

a while and hence

need me to give you extra

at Kathy’s results, it was worse than what

I will study up

in every class. If you can study it up on your