CHAPTER 49

       Isabelle closed her eyes and felt a cold shiver running down her spine. She remembered all the times she had asked her father to see a doctor about the headaches. Even now, she could hear his hateful words, his violent language against her and against Lucy.

"If he had come sooner to see me, maybe I could’ve done something." Dr. Jones got up too, walked towards her, and put his hand on her shoulder. “Dear girl, I may seem too harsh, but I have to tell you what’s going on. I don't want to give you false hope. I'm not that kind of person. You have to know that this tumor will take away your father and it would be pretty quick. But I promise you that I will do everything in my power to keep your father from suffering too much.”

          She looked at the doctor with eyes full of tears. She wa