Their Secret Wife (Shadows Between Lies Book 2) by Nicky Webber

Author:Nicky Webber [Webber, Nicky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Media Publishers Ltd
Published: 2021-04-19T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Life for the Living

Mila is halfway through sipping a glass of homemade Limoncello. She believes the pale golden liquid is the divine nectar of the gods. She privately celebrates surviving five months of rigorous chemotherapy. Weak and broken, but in her heart and soul, Mila knows she will survive. Her head has stopped pounding, the sharp knife-blade sensation stabbing her left eye has dissipated. Mila understands clearly now that her hair follicles have stopped painfully prickling her scalp. Every follicle was painful to touch. So much so, she had given up combing her hair. Most of it had fallen out anyway, but the weight of the short-haired wig was too much to bear as it constantly irritated her reddened scalp.

Sometimes even a colorful silk scarf is too much to take against her skin, so she stays indoors in bed and uses painkillers, escaping into the drugged abyss of a narcotic sleep. Skin irritations and rashes drove her body wild and her mind into a molar-grinding descent into hell. But today her breathing is calm and even, not tight and painful anymore. Her eyes no longer burn, and she doesn’t have a desperate desire to climb into bed and stay there for a week. Yes, she is alive and grateful. Very lucky. ‘Yes, I’m thankful and blessed,’ she repeats, looking forward to a renewed contract with life.

She didn’t want to dwell on the months of stress, pain, vomiting, trauma, and sleeplessness. Remission from cancer convinces Mila it is over, except for a few pills she has to take for three more months. She glances down at the golden limoncello in her shot-glass. Maybe it’s too strong to consume with the medications? She tips it into one of Logan’s whiskey glasses and loads it with ice cubes. The clinking sound makes her smile, evoking summer evenings and laughter from many memories the two families happily shared over the years.

She adds a slosh of ice water and swirls the drink around with her index finger, sucking the excess before taking another sip. It still holds its yellow glow with the palatable promise of good things. Reassured that the watered-down concoction won’t interfere with the dregs of Mila’s chemotherapy and estrogen suppressants mingling inside her weakened body. With that, she takes another delicate mouthful, carefully rolling it around her sore gums.

Maybe she shouldn’t celebrate at all, preferring to wait another six weeks and be sure after the last blood tests. Determined to show death the back door, Mila remains vigorous in her nose-snubbing disregard for her statistical chances. Life and fun will resume even if Logan arrives home now, catching her red-handed and angrily accusing her of insurrection and lunacy in the face of the medical facts. She looks up at the kitchen clock hanging on the wall near the dining table. He will be home in an hour. Mila connects her cell phone to her UE Boom. One touch on her phone and the room expands with the easy, musical rhythms she loves.

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