My Torin by K Webster

Author:K Webster [Webster, K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novel
Publisher: K Webster
Published: 2018-01-07T08:00:00+00:00

From the moment Tyler told me why he was suffering from his headaches and his health had declined, I’ve become obsessed, learning everything I can. A cure. They cure diseases all the time. This is the twenty-first century. We have made great strides in medical advancement. Polio is nearly eradicated from the earth. AIDS is hardly spoken of anymore. And cancer isn’t always deadly if you identify it early on.

Except my stubborn-ass brother didn’t identify it early on. And when he finally saw a doctor about it, it was spiraling out of control. Inoperable. But not just inoperable—untouchable. None of the treatment options would touch it. I’d held out hope, albeit a tiny ass sliver, but I still had hope.

Until he showed me his brain scans. That shit is eating him alive. The growth from six months ago to three months ago was more than double. My stomach turns at knowing how much more it has grown since.

My big brother is going to die.

Soon.

He’s expressed his wishes to not spend his last days sicker than he already is, going through chemotherapy. I wanted to argue until I researched and realized it wouldn’t help anyway. He was right. It would simply tarnish his last days.

“Meow.”

I open my eyes and stare up at my ceiling. Last night, Casey didn’t take the news well. After she ran and locked herself in her room, I went and checked on her through the wall. She curled herself into a ball on the bed—still wearing the dress that made me want to pin her to the wall and rub my body against hers—and cried loud, ugly sobs.

It was heart-wrenching.

My soul still reverberates with the echoes of her cries.

Gutting. Emotional. Bleak.

Everything in me screamed to pass through the wall, climb onto her bed, and pull her into my arms. She needs comfort and strength. Tyler has been so good at providing that to her because I can’t.

What happens when he dies?

She’ll leave.

Panic rises in me like an epic tsunami ready to obliterate an entire country. Anxiety stabs at me. It rips me raw from the inside out. As if cued in to my distress, Misty, my favorite cat, hops on my chest and begins purring. Her claws retract in and out, catching on the fabric of my hoodie but not piercing my flesh below.

I yank at my weighted blanket and pull it on over my body, covering me and my cat. Her purring intensifies as she makes herself comfortable.

“Meow.”

My phone pings and I read an email with some detailed, much-needed information. I knew it. I knew that motherfucker Guy was blackmailing Tyler. And now I know exactly why. It means I’ll soon be shoveling money Guy’s way as well until I can figure out what to do about all of this.

“Meowwwww.”

My two other cats, Rainy and Foggy, join us on the bed. The quieter cat, Foggy, curls herself up near my head, her purring the white noise I need to clear my head. Rainy paces along the foot of my bed, looking for a good place to plant his fat ass.

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