EMILY'S POV
Jack and I grew more closer after what happened. He always cared for me like never before. One morning after we had our breakfast, Jack took me outside with a blindfold. I was astonished after he removed it. It was a black SUV Jeep. "Oh my gosh!! Thank you dear." I said as I embraced him tightly.
"That's for you dear." He said grinning. Suddenly his face turned into a sour one. I noticed it and it seemed strange.
"Are you ok Jack?" I asked him as I held his arm. He grabbed his head in a way that showed that he was really in severe pain.
"Oh yeah.... of course.....I'm fine." He said still furrowing his eyebrows as he tried bearing the pain but it was unbearable. I knew he was lying.
"Ok let's go back inside. I think you should rest." I said amidst fear of something happening to him. As we were walking back into the house, be suddenly fell to the ground and fainted. "Jack!! Jack!!!!" I screamed his name while shaking him. "Help!! Somebody helpp!!!!" I screamed.
The guards around ran to us and carried him to the car before we drove off to the hospital. I cried silently as I looked at Jack's lifeless face on my lap as we were on our way to the hospital. "Please be fast!" I told our driver as I rubbed Jack's face wishing and praying for him to wake up.
As soon as we arrived at the hospital, the nurses approached us with a stretcher. They took him into the ICU while I waited outside, patiently praying for his quick recovery.
JACK'S POV
"He's awake doctor." I heard someone say close to me. I wondered where I was. I slowly opened my eyes as everything became clearer and clearer. The light made me squint my eyes, protecting it from it's brightness. It was then I discovered that I was in the hospital.
"Where am I?" I asked them as I tried getting up from the bed but was stopped by the doctor and nurses. "How did I get here?" I asked again.
"Try staying calm Mr Blackwood. Your wife brought you in after you fainted." The doctor explained. I tried remembering what happened before I recalled that I had fainted while revealing her new car to her.
"What happened to me? I mean....I'm healthy, so why will I faint suddenly." I told the doctor. His face turned into a sad one as if something bad has happened. "What is it doctor?" I asked him.
"I hope you won't freak out?" He asked me.
"Of course not doctor. I'm ok." I told him with confidence so he could see that I was truly strong.
"We ran some tests on you while you were still unconscious and found out that........" He trailed off seeming like he was thinking whether or not he should tell me.
"Ok you're getting me nervous already." I said nervously as I rubbed my already sweaty palm on my clothe.
"You have a brain tumor Mr Blackwood." He broke the news to me. I didn't get it at first until those words sank in.
"What? How come?" I questioned him as I laughed showing sarcasm.
"It has been there for a while now. You also have about three months left." He said as if it was hard for him to say.
"For?" I asked him trying to get every inch of it.
"For you to live." He said finally.
My heart skipped and after sometime, it pained me so much that I feared that it might be a heart attack. I was hurt. I couldn't believe the fact that I was given three months to remain with my family. I knew Emily will be hurt by this.
"Is there any cure for it doctor?" I asked him with a slight of hope.
"There's no cure Mr Blackwood. Your case is also a rare one all over the world." He said before he started leaving.
"Does my wife know about this?" I asked him as I stared into space, thinking about what the next few months of my life holds for me.
He stopped and turned back to me. "Not yet, but she has to be aware. Someone has to know about it." He said.
"Don't tell her yet. She's too sensitive and she's already going through a lot. I will tell her when the time is right. She has too much on her table for now. She doesn't have to know yet." I explained to him.
"Alright, I prescribed some drugs for you. The nurse will bring it to you soon." He said before leaving.
Not too long after he left, Emily walked in. I could still see the traces of tears in her eyes. Just within one hour she was already looking worn out. I gave her a fake smile as she came beside my bed.
"How are you feeling?" She asked me with worry on her face.
"I'm ok dear. You don't have to worry." I said fighting back the urge to tell her the truth.
"What happened with you? The doctor didn't say anything to me." She questioned.
"It was just a minor fever plus stress that made me collapse, but I'm ok now." I told her.
"Ok. I thought as much. I thought you were going to leave me--------"
"Shhhhhhhhhh......... I can never leave you." I cut her off.
We stayed there staring into each other's eyes. I felt the urge to tell her but I knew it will hurt her so much so I withdrew. As I stared into her eyes, it was like she was begging me to tell her the truth. She had this charm on me that always made me want to succumb to her.
Her eyes did the work. The first time I raised my hands on her, I could see myself draining away. It was as if I was possessed by the devil. At some point her eyes almost made me embrace her and apologize but I left.
The doctor discharged me that evening. Emily was by my side all night. She didn't leave my side even for a minute. Mom and Dad were also aware so they visited to check up on me. While they were still at the house, Mom felt something bad was going to happen.
She has always had that instinct that always tells her things which always turned out to be true. She pulled me to one side of the living room as we discussed. "Are you sure you're ok son?" She asked me looking deep into her eyes. It was the first time I was going to lie to her so it was going to be hard. "Come on son, I'm your mom." She added.
"Nothing mom. I'm good. The doctor only said I was stressed out and needed more rest and sleep which is because of work." I lied to her almost in tears, but she couldn't see them because a dark shade of darkness covered my face from where I sat.
"Ok dear." She said. That was how I was almost caught. I didn't want anyone to find out because I knew how heartbroken they would be.
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The next morning, Emily woke up very early and was about giving me my drugs when she saw my test results and turned to me. "You have a brain tumor?" Hearing it from her was different it hurt me. I didn't know what to say. What if she killed herself?........