MY PARENTS WALKED AWAY FROM ME AT THE HOSPITAL WHEN I WAS 13 — MY MOTHER WENT PALE WHEN THE DEAN CALLED MY NAME

this hospital without a plan in place that puts you first. Do you understand?”

I nodded and wiped my eyes with the rough hospital tissues.

“You have cancer. That’s scary, and it’s going to be hard. But you’re going to beat this, and you’re going to do it surrounded by people who actually care about you. I promise you that.”

He kept that promise.

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