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“I’m sorry”

“Isn’t there anything the doctors can do?” I asked hopefully

“Chemo is the only option because of where the tuain, Violet Itto die from the treatment” His eyes pleaded for me to understand “And even if I did do the cheuarantee it ork this tiain This type of cancer is just too aggressive”

“So, you’re just going to give up?” I whispered,a little more with each breath I took

“No,” he voith a s to live my best life With you” His hand covered my flat stomach “And our little one”

“Remi—”

“Please, Violet I love you, and I will give you anything you ever ask for” He pressed his forehead to o through those treatain”

“But—”

“Don’t say it,” he co for the first time I could ever remember “Don’t use that whole ‘if you love me, you will’ shit on me That’s not fair, and you know it”

I pressed ether, because I had been about to pull that card I didn’t understand why he wasn’t fighting for er life together A year wasn’t long enough A hundred years with hih to iven

“Can we pretend like we didn’t just have this conversation?” he asked with a halfhearted snant all over again, and I won’t say anything stupid this time to ruin it Then we can tell your parents and see if they want to go with us to Vegas to get ht”

“Tonight?” I squeaked

“Tonight,” he confirmed “Unless you think they won’t want to coht want to kill et married and then tell them we eloped and about the baby at the same time”

“You’re crazy, you know that, right?” But I found ainst him a little more For noould do what he so obviously wanted I would pretend like ti away from us If he wanted to live his best life, I would make sure it happened Every day Every moment I’d make them count “Can Shaw come?”

“Only if you kiss me, tell me you love me, and promise not to cry anymore” He pushed my hair back from my damp face “Your tears hurt me like no physical pain ever could”