Chapter 24

Meanwhile, in Morocay. After returning home to Morocay with my parents, I finally had a few peaceful days. But it wasn't long before the symptoms of cancer came crashing over me. I had thought the pain I endured before was already unbearable, but this was on a whole different level. Looking at my baby, still wrapped in soft blankets, the overwhelming desire to live finally pushed me to speak to my mom. "Mom, I have cancer." She froze for a second, then tears streamed down her face all at once. "You silly girl. Why didn't you tell us sooner? Why didn't you come back earlier?" She raised her hand but let it fall gently, patting my shoulder again and again as if coaxing a baby. "What did you go through with Timothy? Tessa, my daughter, how did you end up like this? "You're so foolish. If you weren't happy, why didn't you come find us? You got sick and still kept it from us. We can afford treatment. Were you planning to hide it until you collapsed and leave your dad and me to bur