Chapter 30. Reunion

I was able to recall no significant differences in the chemotherapy experience. They first forced me to swallow a single, insignificant pill, and then they pierced me in the arm. It took a few tries, but when it eventually kicked in, I could feel bruises appearing on my arm where the pricks weren't effective. I sat there for an hour, and throughout that time I could literally feel myself getting older and more wrinkled with each passing minute.

Because it was impossible for Maya and Abby to arrive at the same moment, Abby arrived first because she had to go to a doctor's appointment before she could. She isn't privy to all of the details, but she has a hunch that something is off with the situation. She has informed me that Charlie will not accompany her to her appointment with the doctor. It will make me sad when she has to leave, but I won't be able to tell her that since it takes too much energy, and that energy is being depleted by the second.

Maya walks in and immed