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 solemnly.

the truth, but

the same, they just didn’t have the

you some porridge.” Bertie

the table, and his

spilt a bit of the

cleaned up the

plainly, “It’s okay. You should head

want to be with

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

Bertie could be and she probably couldn’t

night, she was reading comics on her phone. It was something brutally hilarious, but her

I would like to be alone.” Kathy sounded

at her and tried to read her

back, please,” Kathy

the determination in her eyes and hence he didn’t

her if

door and saw Joseph standing outside

against the wall and there was a lit cigarette between his

you have another one?” Bertie walked up

them who would only ever talk

“Can she undergo surgery?”

rate is nearly zero.” Joseph had a

hide it

will find out sooner

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

how could she accept

think of something so that she

was discharged from the hospital the next

that the doctor gave her had their labels

knew that these were probably medicines to control her tumour

reminding her to eat

but she looked

as usual. It was closing in to

held his classes every Friday. Kathy sat down in the last

was hospitalized for quite some time. She couldn’t catch up and the

the lesson plan and

and a few including Kathy failed the quiz. They were summoned by

case. She was absent for a while and hence

need me to give

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

need, I will study up on

had to pay full attention in every class. If you can study it up on your own, then there’s no need for me