Chapter 195: His Test (2)

Three years ago, two months after Chris returned to his family after recovering at Alessa's place from the innumerable injuries given by Leo Jones, his father suddenly had violent fits of cough, with blood and dark phlegm gushing out of his mouth. Later on, the man was diagnosed with late stage lung cancer. The news devastated the whole Meyer family, and they could not accept that the pillar of the house who was still strong and dependable just yesterday had suddenly woke up the next day with a deadline attached to his life.

Chris and his mother were equally in utter disbelief and grief as they watched their loved one lie unconscious and deathly pale in the hospital bed.

The doctor told them they would not give them false hope since late-stage cancer was really hard to treat. In fact, there was really no cure to it yet and all the current medicine could do was prolong a patient's life a bit and heighten the chance for a 'miracle'.