Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson

Author:James Patterson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Thrillers, FIC000000, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 0316710571
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2004-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

Forty-one

I MAY HAVE blacked out for a second or two. I heard Brendan say “my own CAT scan” but I’m not completely sure I grasped what came after that. Then he said, and I heard this very clearly, “There’s nothing that can be done for me. Believe me, I’ve examined every possibility.”

I felt this incredible core of pain at the center of my chest, or maybe where my heart used to be. I was dizzy and nauseous and I couldn’t really believe what I knew I’d just heard. Everything around me on the dock seemed fuzzy and unreal. The water I had my feet in, my own body, Brendan’s hand resting on mine. Suddenly I reached out and held him as tightly as I could. I kissed his cheek, the side of his forehead. I felt so incredibly sad, and empty.

“Tell me what’s wrong,” I finally said.

“Well, it’s called glioblastoma multiforme, Jennifer. Big name for a bad cancer that I have right here.” He pointed his finger to the back and side of his head, just behind his left ear. He explained that he’d looked at his own case over and over, consulted experts from as far away as London, and kept arriving at the same unfortunate conclusion.

“The only treatment for this form of cancer is experimental, extremely radical,” he told me. “Surgery is a nightmare. The risk of paralysis is phenomenal. They probably can’t get all of the cells, anyway. The cancer usually keeps coming back, even with radiation and chemo.”

Tears were rolling down my face, and I felt hollow. “This isn’t true,” I whispered.

“I didn’t know how to tell you, Jennifer. I still don’t.” He pulled me into his arms, and I let Brendan hold me. When he spoke again, his voice was low and measured. “I’m so, so sorry, Jennifer.” He was soothing me. “I’m sorry.”

“Oh, Brendan,” I whispered. “How can this be happening?”

“A little quality time. That’s all I wanted,” he said in the softest whisper. “That’s why I decided to have a last summer up here. And then I found you again, Scout.”

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