n. I tried to numb the emotional pain with the physical, focusing on the ache in my

him. My youth, my own dreams, the approval of my parents. They had never liked Liam, had seen the selfishne

edge of town. It was the kind of place my father used to frequent, dark and smelling of stale beer and

oda when a voice cut t

of place in his simple button-down shirt, a

oing here?" I a

a loud jukebox," he said with a small sm

I told him everything. The nine years with Liam, the constant cheating, the

e ash. "The good treatment. The kind that might actually save me. Liam

ever wavering. When I was done, a

oice gentle. "Foundations, grants. But you have

hum of the engine. He pulled up to my house ju

ndercloud of rage. He had seen

the hell is this?" he roared, his eyes wild. He g

" I said, tryin

gaze flicking to Dr. Cole, who was now out of hi

r, Liam. He was giv

ole sickness thing, aren't you? A pathetic

cked the air out of my lungs. "I have leukemia, you son of a bi