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"As disturbing as that is, I don’t want to talk about the damn ferrets," Claire tellsferrets?"

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Claire reaches over and presses her hand overAbout Work I had a doublemy ass and I can count on one hand how et it; it’s scary What I don’t get is why you won’t even fucking talk about it with et up from the couch to pace around the roooing to coht now

"You need to accept the fact that this is happening It’s real You can’t keep pretending like everything is okay," she tells eneral direction It hurts too ht at her-- on the couch with blankets tucked around her as her beautiful brown hair is quickly disappearing "I’, Claire I don’t want to talk about it all the ti"

Claire throws her hands up in the air in irritation "You don’t think I’ disease every damn time I take a breath or look in the mirror? Every ti to bringlike it’s not real is what’s really killing asp

"Jesus Christ, you just co say it, Liz I co say it!" Claire screaht! I don’t want it to be real I don’t want this to be happening right now I don’t want you to be sick I can’t stand the fact that there is absolutely NOTHING I can do to s the blankets off of her and gets up froet it! This isn’t about YOU! You can’t fix it, you can’t make it better, you don’t knohat to say, you don’t knohat to do YOU, YOU, YOU! This is happening to ME, Godda friend! Why can’t you just be my friend? This is out of everyone’s control, especially yours If you can’t deal with that then you need to get the fuck out ofequal looks of anger As ht to be mad at her, I can’t help it This was never supposed to happen Our friendship was solid and I thought nothing could ever break it She’s pissed at ood friend and I’ that I don’t know HOW to be a good friend if I’s better She knows I’m a control freak, how can she possibly expect me to not feel helpless about this?

"I’ets sick and I don’t knohat the fuck to do, so sueit any easier You want to talk, talk, talk about this horrible thing that’s happening and I can’t do that I can’t just act like it’s thein the world to talk aboutbreast cancer! I’s kind of person and you should da tattoo to show you I cared, I’ to take your s because I don’t knohat else to do!"

Claire takes a step back and crosses her aret a tattoo, nor did I ask you for help with the shop All I needed waswill be okay and you can’t even do that I know it’s horseshit I knoe don’t know if everything will be okay, but I need YOU to believe that How the hell am I supposed to believe it if you don’t? You can’t even LOOK atat a button on her shirt the entire time she spoke and quickly look up to meet her eyes I don’t knohat she sees on h for her to shake her head at et out," she tellsme out of the house I don’t even think about the fact that this is the first real fight we’ve ever had in thirty years of friendship and I’m not sure if we’ll ever be able to recover from it

"Fine! I’m out of here!" I scream back

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