Xenia stared in shock, her eyes widening.
She froze for a moment, and then hot tears welled up and streamed down her face.
“Lucas! Has your condition worsened again?”
“You’ve coughed up blood... Does it hurt?”
Xenia felt an intense pain in her heart. She hurriedly helped Lucas sit on the nearby worn-out sofa.
“Cough, cough, I’m fine.” Lucas smiled as if to comfort her, but his face still appeared weak. He said to Xenia, “I’m not in pain. Don’t cry.”
“You’re lying!”
Tears filled Xenia’s eyes. “You’re lying to me, Lucas. You always lie to me. You tell me you’re not in pain... but you look so miserable.”
Her biological brother, Lucas, had a serious illness—an illness that was almost impossible to cure.
It was cancer.
Lucas needed chemotherapy at the hospital, but even that might not
