The Secret Cure: A gripping psychological thriller with a twist by JD Spero

Author:JD Spero [Spero, JD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: darkstroke books
Published: 2022-05-16T16:00:00+00:00

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Momma’s in the operating room, getting the surgery she needs to put a fix on her lungs so she can live a bit longer. They were hoping she’d just need a lobectomy that would remove only part of the lung. But test results told us, loudly, that she needs what’s called a pneumonectomy (harder to spell than say, trust me) where they take the whole lung, oh, and the neighboring lymph nodes. The whole shebang. I held back from asking—how would she breathe with no lung?—because I’m not that thick. I know she’s got two. Still, I had hoped the surgery option would be good news. And it is. They wouldn’t operate if it wouldn’t do any good. But it sounds so extreme and risky. Part of me wonders if it’s worth it or if it will buy her more time, as if there could be a price tag on something like that.

Momma told me to go home since her surgery will take hours and she’ll have to stay overnight. But I took the time off anyway. Mr. Giordano gave me two days in exchange for the weekend when he’s got somewhere to be. Sometimes he can be a very nice man, other times, I’m not sure what to think. What will I find going back there? The house will be on fire with color with me caught in the middle. I have to stay in my lane, and take care of Miss Rosalie. All the other colors and stuff can figure themselves out.

Feels weird to be in a hospital and not putting my skills as a medic to work. I already read through every magazine, bit my nails to the nub, and had a tuna salad sandwich with a side of fries at the cafeteria. Nothing to do now but wait.

But then that’s no good, because all these thoughts come popping to mind, about my time being a medic in Iraq. Why is it only the bad memories come? Why can’t I remember about all the soldiers I saved instead of the ones I didn’t?

Before I know it, I’m in my car, leaving the hospital property with no destination in mind.

Clock tells me there’s a coffee meeting for the vets happening in ten minutes, at the community center not far from here. Now I feel a strong tug in that direction, remembering my promise to Momma. If I can’t be by her side during surgery, I might as well honor her in this way.

Over the past three months, I been going to those veteran meetings. Momma was right. They welcomed me without question after learning what I did over there in Iraq. Funny thing, the guys there—the true vets—looked at me like I was a hero. Imagine that, soldiers seeing me like that.

There’s Meech, with the tattoo of an eagle on his neck, who can’t get explosions out of his dreams, and Coker, who covers up his weeping by saying his eyes were injured, and Lumpy, who’s so angry with the world his wife left him.

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