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wasn’t an easy decision for him, that much is clear. I suppose it wouldn’t be easy, would it? Choosing if you’ll just give up your life or continue fighting.
“I’m sick, ok? I’m dying, no matter how much treatment I get, I’m too far gone. They told me today the cancer is still spreading, even with treatment. I have a choice, I can either stay here and be rotten sick for my last few months, or I can go home and be with my loved ones so I can die in peace. I am dying…do you all hear me? I’m dying, in a few months I’ll be gone. Let me go out my way.”
I hiccup and turn my face down to the ground as tears spill from my eyes and drop onto the floor. Jase’s mother makes a choking sound and his father sucks in a deep, pained breath. I finally force myself to look up, and Jase is looking at me. His brown eyes are searching my face. He stands up and walks over, taking my face in his hands and stroking his thumb over my lip. I want to wrap him up and never let him go, I don’t want him to die. I can’t…I just can’t…
“Nev, I want to come home with you.”
My eyes widen even though tears are still spilling out from my lids. “What?” I rasp.
“What?” his mother shrieks.
He spins to her, his gaze wild. “I’m staying here, mum!”
“But it’s two hours away and…”
“Then stay here too, Aunt Jenny lives here. Stay with her.”
“Come home son,” his father rasps.
I stare at his family, knowing how hard this is on them. His mother, always beautiful, looks broken. Her usually radiant brown eyes are hollow and empty. Katie is stunning, with blonde hair and brown eyes. She looks just like Jase, whereas Whiskey takes after their father, who is tall, dark and handsome. They are both hunched over now though, facing the reality that has been thrown upon them.
“I need to stay with Nev, please?”
I look at Jase, and I cup his face in my hands. “You can all stay with me, I don’t have a lot of room but I’ll make do.”
Katie snaps her head up. “Really?” she whispers.
“Of course, you’re all welcome. I would never ask you to be away from him.”
“Oh Nevaeh.”
She rushes over and wraps me in her arms. I smile and hug her, feeling the deep comfort I haven’t felt for a long time. My mother lives overseas now, with her new boyfriend Peter. I haven’t seen her for three years. We were never close. My daddy still lives nearby, he’s been away from work but he comes back tomorrow. I so desperately need his comfort. I have no one else. I don’t have siblings. I don’t have anyone close enough to confide in, except Jase, but he needs me right now.
“It’s so good to see you again,” she whispers.
“You too , Katie, I’ve missed you.”
I always got along with the boys mum and dad, Katie and John. They were like my second family, always letting me stay when I needed and feeding me when my mother went out of town and left me alone.
“Thank you, love.”
I smile up at Jase’s father John, who looks like he’s trying very hard to hold it together.
“Are you sure?” Jase whispers.
I nod, looking at them all. “I’m sure. Just let me go and organize it all.”
Jase swallows and then takes my face in his hands, bringing my lips up to his. “Thank you, for not fighting me on this.”
My eyes fill with tears again, and he swipes them away with his thumb. “Fighting would have done me no good, you’ve made up your mind.”
He kisses me again. “I want to spend my last days with you, I need you…”
“And Whiskey?” His mother asks, hopeful.
“Whiskey ran off,” his father grunts. “He obviously doesn’t wanna be here.”
I flinch. Whiskey and John always fought, a lot. Heck, they even got into a fist fight once. Whiskey was always his own man, doing what he wanted, when he wanted and John didn’t like it. The two have always had a hard relationship.
“He doesn’t know dad,” Jase whispers, hurt.
“Don’t think it would matter,” John
“I’m sick, ok? I’m dying, no matter how much treatment I get, I’m too far gone. They told me today the cancer is still spreading, even with treatment. I have a choice, I can either stay here and be rotten sick for my last few months, or I can go home and be with my loved ones so I can die in peace. I am dying…do you all hear me? I’m dying, in a few months I’ll be gone. Let me go out my way.”
I hiccup and turn my face down to the ground as tears spill from my eyes and drop onto the floor. Jase’s mother makes a choking sound and his father sucks in a deep, pained breath. I finally force myself to look up, and Jase is looking at me. His brown eyes are searching my face. He stands up and walks over, taking my face in his hands and stroking his thumb over my lip. I want to wrap him up and never let him go, I don’t want him to die. I can’t…I just can’t…
“Nev, I want to come home with you.”
My eyes widen even though tears are still spilling out from my lids. “What?” I rasp.
“What?” his mother shrieks.
He spins to her, his gaze wild. “I’m staying here, mum!”
“But it’s two hours away and…”
“Then stay here too, Aunt Jenny lives here. Stay with her.”
“Come home son,” his father rasps.
I stare at his family, knowing how hard this is on them. His mother, always beautiful, looks broken. Her usually radiant brown eyes are hollow and empty. Katie is stunning, with blonde hair and brown eyes. She looks just like Jase, whereas Whiskey takes after their father, who is tall, dark and handsome. They are both hunched over now though, facing the reality that has been thrown upon them.
“I need to stay with Nev, please?”
I look at Jase, and I cup his face in my hands. “You can all stay with me, I don’t have a lot of room but I’ll make do.”
Katie snaps her head up. “Really?” she whispers.
“Of course, you’re all welcome. I would never ask you to be away from him.”
“Oh Nevaeh.”
She rushes over and wraps me in her arms. I smile and hug her, feeling the deep comfort I haven’t felt for a long time. My mother lives overseas now, with her new boyfriend Peter. I haven’t seen her for three years. We were never close. My daddy still lives nearby, he’s been away from work but he comes back tomorrow. I so desperately need his comfort. I have no one else. I don’t have siblings. I don’t have anyone close enough to confide in, except Jase, but he needs me right now.
“It’s so good to see you again,” she whispers.
“You too , Katie, I’ve missed you.”
I always got along with the boys mum and dad, Katie and John. They were like my second family, always letting me stay when I needed and feeding me when my mother went out of town and left me alone.
“Thank you, love.”
I smile up at Jase’s father John, who looks like he’s trying very hard to hold it together.
“Are you sure?” Jase whispers.
I nod, looking at them all. “I’m sure. Just let me go and organize it all.”
Jase swallows and then takes my face in his hands, bringing my lips up to his. “Thank you, for not fighting me on this.”
My eyes fill with tears again, and he swipes them away with his thumb. “Fighting would have done me no good, you’ve made up your mind.”
He kisses me again. “I want to spend my last days with you, I need you…”
“And Whiskey?” His mother asks, hopeful.
“Whiskey ran off,” his father grunts. “He obviously doesn’t wanna be here.”
I flinch. Whiskey and John always fought, a lot. Heck, they even got into a fist fight once. Whiskey was always his own man, doing what he wanted, when he wanted and John didn’t like it. The two have always had a hard relationship.
“He doesn’t know dad,” Jase whispers, hurt.
“Don’t think it would matter,” John
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