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“He showed up, seemingly out of nowhere. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer. And he moved to Austin … for me.”
“Scottie, you’re not making any sense. Price Milloy is in Austin?”
“He left Philly. He left his doctors and their advice. And he searched for me.”
“He has … cancer?”
I nod once.
“And what does he expect you to do for him?”
I meet her gaze, and the pain begins to dissolve the numbness. With a shrug, I murmur, “I don’t know. Be his friend. Love him. Accept him and his decision not to do chemo.”
“His decision to die?”
My brow furrows. “His decision to live.”
“Did he get a second opinion?”
“I don’t know.”
“Did you tell him?—”
I shake my head. “He’s healing.”
“Is he seeing doctors there?”
“No.”
“Then you know he’s not healing. Tell me you know that.”
I give her a sad smile. “I don’t know that. What if he is? He believes he is.”
She frowns.
“But I … I didn’t know. He has a wife and a daughter.”
“What kind of man leaves his family like that? Do they know about his cancer?”
Again, I slowly shake my head. “Mom, I didn’t know until today that he has a wife and child.”
She squeezes my hand. “Does Koen know about Price?”
With a nod, I gaze into the rearview mirror at the car behind me. “I have to go home.”
“What about dress shopping?”
“I can’t think about the future until I fix the past.”
Several hours later,Koen and my dad return home. While my mom makes dinner, I take a hot bath. After two soft knocks on the bathroom door, Koen cracks it open.
“There’s my beautiful bride. Do you think it’s bad form for me to join you when your parents are just a flight of stairs away?”
My gaze lifts to his.
“Why the sad face?” He sits on the edge of the tub.
“Price has a wife … and a daughter.”
