Tuesday, April 2, 2024

page 107

....did you get the chemo therapy done 
Was getting it done  but two months ago I stopped it she added  my body wasn't  tolerant to it , I changed the  treatment 
Cancer treatment is naturally expensive explained  using a tone that won't hurt her , how are you managing it, how do you afford it
Credit card, she  confessed   humbly,  
Ever since she was diagnosed sge got  several of these cards made  simply  shuffling them around  works for her
But this can't go on for long  said I  worriedly,  one day you will be declared defaulter  and the bank will  squeeze out your  life out of you
Dear Angela  said Kate  this way or that way  she was  balancing between the  two horrible choices 
Life was miserable  , her father left them destitute,  mother died paying  back the loans,  she herself too would  be dead  , bankers might show  mercy and free her but  Cancer won't  , it's cruel 
Angela was sympathetic  to Kate 
Kate was getting along  accustomed to her life circumstances,  she pointed to her fake leg and asked if she really remembered the car accident 
Just for a second  the horrifying scene flashed before Angela she jumped upto hug Kate  ,  she kept  patting her on the back and Kate took some time to recover,  next hour was passed in discussing  Kate's  problems in detail,  Kate also shared something  unbelievable with her 
Father had left  them  to duel with life alone,  she  was smoking  in between pauses,  but she  succeeded in locating him 
What exactly are you saying Kate 
Angela it was pure coincidence,  her tone was completely careless 
Three years ago both were crossing the street  and they stopped facing each other,  he was  living with his new wife then in California 

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