After 18 Years of Silence, One Diagnosis Changed Everything

I nodded.

“They say that… they have to do more tests.

I didn’t know how to say it.

I didn’t know how to look.

But he watched me for a few seconds longer than usual.

And something in his expression changed.

“What’s the matter, Elena?”

That question…

I hadn’t done it in years.

I felt something inside me break.

“I think… it’s serious.

Silence fell between us.

It was not the usual silence.