Chapter 352 - Swift Death Or Prolong Agony? (1/2)
One week later.
It's now Ben's turn to go home.
Jessy went to the human's living quarters, she knocked before entering the room. When she pushed the door, Ben was sitting alone on the bed, since he was the only occupant left in the room.
”Hi, Ben!”
”Hello, Ma'am Jess!”
”Are you excited to go home?”
”Yes, very much!” Ben said, then his face turns sad for a moment.
”Why you look sad? I thought you're excited to go home tonight?” she asked.
Ben took a deep breath. ”I been gone for two years and I have no idea if my wife who was suffering a breast cancer still alive today?” he said teary-eyed.
Jessy was silent for a minute or two. When she visited Ben's family on the address that he had written on the index card, he saw Ben's wife lying in the bed, crying and writhing in pain. Now she understood why that woman was crying because she was suffering from breast cancer! And according to her research online, breast cancer was one of the most painful types of cancer out there and if not treated at an early stage can spread to the brain. ”I visited your house yesterday and I saw your wife in one of the rooms of the house...” she said.
Ben's face lighted up. ”How is she—?”
Jessy sighed for a moment. Would telling Ben that his wife was in agony when she saw her can cheer him up? The answer would be no, but she has to tell him the truth. ”She's writhing in pain...” she answered in a low voice.
Ben's face was on the bridge of crying. Tears rushing on to his eyes. ”I see...” he was glad that his wife waited for him until today so that they can see each other again.
Jessy shifted her attention to the ceiling. The pain she saw on Ben's face was too much. ”Does your wife undergoes chemotherapy or any types of medication?” she asked even though she knows that breast cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy have slim chances of surviving because chemotherapy is a deadly treatment itself that can produce many side effects on the patient's body.
”The first and second year she did chemotherapy, b...but the medicine and chemotherapy were getting expensive we stop it, my wife insisted we stop it because we can no longer afford it and our debts are mounting...so...she just endures the pain each time besides we also have two children...” his voice trailed off, remembering how hard it was for his family to cope with the house expenses and medical bills when he vanished two years ago.
”S-so, your wife was just waiting for the time that she will die?” she asked.
”Yes...” Ben nods his head and the tears fell from his eyes.
Jessy bit her lip, so sad.
”How about my mother and father?” Ben asked.