In Five Years: A Novel by Rebecca Serle

Author:Rebecca Serle [Serle, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

She says a lot of things then. About how ovarian cancer, in very rare cases, can cause a false positive. About how the symptoms sometimes mimic pregnancy. Missed period, bloated abdomen, nausea, low energy. But all I hear is a humming, a buzz in my ears that gets louder and louder the more she talks until it’s impossible to hear her. Her mouth is opening and all that’s coming out are a thousand bees, zinging and stinging their way to my face until my eyes are swollen shut.

“Who told you this?”

“The doctor,” she says. “We went for a scan today.”

“They did a CT scan.” It’s Aaron, at the door. “And a blood test.”

“We need a second opinion,” I say.

“I said the same thing,” Aaron says. “There’s a great—”

I cut him off with my hand. “Where are your parents?”

Bella looks from Aaron to me. “My dad is in France, I think. Mom is home.”

“Did you call them?”

She shakes her head.

“Okay. I’m going to call Frederick and ask him for a roster of his friends at Sinai. He’s on the board of cardiac, right?”

Bella nods.

“Ok. We’ll make an appointment with the top oncologist.” I swallow the word down. It tastes like darkness.

But this is what I know how to do; this is what I’m good at. The more I talk, the more the buzzing dims. Facts. Documents. Who knows what crack-brained doctor they went to? An ob-gyn is not an oncologist. We don’t know anything yet. He’s probably mistaken. He must be.

“Bella,” I say. I take her hands in mine. “It’s going to be fine, okay? Whatever it is, we’ll figure it out. You’re going to be fine.”

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