Billionaire, I Am Not Your Wife! novel Chapter 55

Chapter 53: Not Giving Up Now

Cameron’s POV

She turned her head to look at me directly.

“Is that what you think I’d be doing? Suffering for other people? That I am doing this because I care about other people and might feel guilty because they would think I was someone who gave up without putting up a fight.”

“I think you’d be suffering, period. That is all, I wasn’t trying to imply anything else. You don’t know how much I want you to… what I am trying to say, is that I think you have every right to decide you don’t want to spend your last weeks ill with only a small chance that it’ll make any difference, the doctors are not sure on that. I don’t want you to feel like you have to do this. Only the wearer knows where the shoes pinches”

“What do you think I should do then? I want to hear your opinion on this”

The question caught me off guard as I stumbled slightly, looking at her before composing myself as I replied.

“It’s not my decision. I can’t make this for you, you have to decide it yourself.”

“I know. But if it were? What would you choose? I want you to be sincere with me. Do not think of trying to spare my feelings in this situation”.

I thought about it carefully, trying to separate what I wanted from what was actually best for her, so I won’t influence her with my ideas. But the line was harder and kept blurring so I decided to keep it honest with her. She would know that I wasn’t doing this to influence her.

“I’d probably try the treatment, if there was a chance that it might work.” I admitted, not looking at her uncertain if I wanted to see the expression on ger face.

“But only if you’re alive.”

“He told me not to call him Mom.”

“He’s six. Kids say terrible things when they’re upset. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you.”

She looked toward the window, at the darkening Seattle sky. “What are my chances if I survive the treatment? Long-term, I mean.”

“Frank said twenty percent achieve remission. Another fifteen or twenty percent see prolonged chances of survivals ranging from months to a year or more.”