The Caregiver
“I’m afraid I have terrible news,” her mother said when she arrived at Mattie’s side in the waiting room.Mattie looked at her mother in confusion. Soon after they’d arrived at the center, Mattie had been taken to the back to get blood drawn and her vitals checked.Because such things always took a long time, her mother had left, promising to return with some coffee and a bottle of water in an hour or so. Now she was waiting to meet with the doctor.“What happened?” Mattie asked. Gripping the sides... of the chair, she prepared herself for the worst. “Did you see the doktah? Did he tell you more test results?”A chill went through her. Oh dear God. What if they already had discovered that all the cancer wasn’t gone? What if she was going to have to have more surgery?Or . . . what if things were even worse than that?A flash of awareness and guilt entered her mother’s eyes. “Oh! Oh, no, dear. It is bad news, but it has nothing to do with your doctor visit. I’m sorry if I scared you.”“If it’s not that, what is it?”Her mother took a chair.MoreLess
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