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Alex is right…I’ve signed h road I don’t have any hesitation, because Olivia is worth it But he’s definitely got a point that this will be much easier with the support of friends than without On top of that, I really don’t have rooer at hiht now

"All right, er and resentht…now is the ti in, Alex surprises the shit out of hly clap hirins

"So, what’s on your agenda for the weekend?" Alex asks with a punch toit with the lovely Miss Case"

"Yup I’ to take her to the beach Stevie won’t let her back into the shop until at least Monday, so I figure thatout"

"How is she feeling? And doesn’t she have another test today?"

"Still a little queasy when she got up And, yeah…she had her PET scan thisthis as if she has stage four," Alex says, his voice concerned and sad

Taking a deep breath, I let it out slowly "Yeah…all the results frouess so showed up on her CT scan that leads her doctor to believe it’s at the worst stage"

"But it’s treatable," Alex says confidently, and the smile attached to his face tellson so at ist that’s friends with Mark Godson He gave me the rundown on this type of cancer And while it’s treatable, it’s generally not curable"

"That’s what Sutton told ain, right?"

"I guess I really don’t know, but this doctor told me…the median survival rate for this is about twenty years"

"What does that ed with the sah my veins

"You knohat it means," I tell him tiredly

"No, I really don’t," Alex says "She could live a lot longer, right?"