Chapter 137: A new reality
Continuation
Third Person POV
The words that left his lips were like a tight slap to the face, rudely slapping her back to the present as the pain of the new found reality began to seep into their world without a single warning.
Their eyes went wide in an instant and they let out the breath they had been holding, obviously filled with despair and sorrow. Evelyn’s heart sank to the pit of her stomach within the next second, along with her parents. They felt as though the world had stopped spinning and time had come to a standstill. They simply couldn’t believe their ears, disbelief, shock and denial written all over their faces.
"What..." Evelyn muttered softly under her breath, her voice was barely above a whisper and she appeared to be in a daze, staring blankly at her wringing hands. "I have cancer?" She whispered to herself as tears filled up the brim of her eyes, threatening to fall any second now. Everything had just changed in a split second and she was clearly unable to believe the words that had just left her lips.
Seeing her daughter’s trembling lips and tears glistening in her eyes, the image pierced right through Natalie’s heart like it was a sharp dagger twisting through her chest and stabbing at her heart. A sour feeling shot up her nose and a single teardrop rolled down her cheek. "Oh, my baby..." She cooed as she wrapped her arms around Evelyn to comfort her as they cried together.
James on the other hand, had his head lowered as he stared at the ground with a blank expression that masked his features. "Kelvin, please tell me this is not true..." he mumbled under his breath, his voice trembling as he spoke. He then lifted his chin to look up this time, his gaze fixated on his friend. "Tell me my daughter is not diagnosed with cancer!" He yelled out loud, his voice cracking towards the end of the sentence.
Kelvin reached up to place his hand on James’ shoulder trying to calm him down.
"James... I –" He started but was quickly cut off as James pushed his hand off of him, clearly agitated and anxiety was pumping through every single vein inside of his body.