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Hailey looked at him sharply By the tone of his voice it see in that statement

‘Sounds like there’s a “but” there,’ she prodded, putting her almost clean plate on the coffee-table that separated them

Callu his plate down too ‘No Not really As a doctor, Remi’s lecture was full of information about the latest studies and advances in che new treatments The use of stem cells has so much potential Remi called them the new frontier’

Hailey could still hear the distinct lack of enthusiasm in his voice ‘But?’

‘Fro as hell’

‘Oh’ Hailey hadn’t thought of that As a father who had watched his child endure the rigours of chemotherapy, it must have been a hard subject to warm to

‘I o, to be informed More for Tom than for any professional reasons But it just reminded me, despite all the advances and the successes, what a horrible illness leukaeht back…memories’

Hailey sed Calluaze stormy ‘It was bad?’

Callum turned and looked at her directly ‘It felt like ain

‘I’m sorry’

Callu at the far wall ‘He developed a lot of co and ended up in ICU for a while’

He stopped and looked up at her ‘He looked so small and still He didn’t even look like Toht and he just looked like this haggard bag of bones’

Hailey, her fingers trailing restlessly along the frosty sides of her glass, stayed silent even though she didn’t want to She wanted to stop him To tell hih fodder for her night mental pictures of a bald, skeletal Tom

Calluh, his lips twisting as he rolled his cold bottle of beer against his forehead ‘I’m sorry You don’t want to hear this’

Hailey shrugged, resigned to her fate Coly as she was repulsed ‘No It’s OK It sounds like you need to talk I think soer’

What would she give to be able to unburden soot too much to bear?