It is 9 o’clock in the evening in Paris. The city of lights is shining bright with a thousand lights this night. But more precisely, a small room in a chemo clinic called The Tilleuls. It is slightly dark in the tiny room that we could only see the green heartbeats on the machine. The damaged lamp is blinking with a dull light that hurts your eyes. It smells like the hospital of abundant.
I can see a teenage girl laying in her death bed and next to her was the chemotherapy machine that is the only thing making her look alive. On a broken bedside table was her diary and a family photo.
Nancy is a 17-year-old girl who is sick with cancer. She has been fighting against it for more than three months. Next to her, on a torn leather sofa, is sitting her mom, Laura. She seems stressed and worried.
– “How much?”, Nancy said in a calm voice.
– “I… I ca…I can’t”, Laura responded with tears in her eyes.
– “Just tell me. It is okey, mom”.
– “The doctors said that you only have 2 days left to live. I am so sorry Nancy. I did everything to help you, but this clinic is the only thing I could afford, and they couldn’t even keep an eye on you! “, shouted Laura.
– “At least now, I still have times to say my prayers and goodbyes”, added Nancy.
– “I have something to tell you.”
– “Yes mom. I am all ears”.
– “I always wanted to bring it up to you, unfortunately I did not have the courage”.
– “It is all right. If you have something to tell me, I think you should now. I don’t have much time to live, anyways…”
– “You know that I love you Nancy and I always will. You will always be my little girl.”
– “I love you too mom.”
– “You are…You…I can’t …”
– “Mom! Come on!”
– “All right. I wanted…I am sorry. I did everything to give you the life you deserve. You…”
– “Mom!”
– “You are adopted! Your adoptive parents left you on the side of my door when you were a baby. They couldn’t take care of you. They left you! It broke my heart. From that day until now, I promised myself that I would always love you and take care of you. I am the one who raised you, who fed you, who cried when you were injured, who worried when you came home late and who was and is always here. I feel so bad. I am sorry I hid it from you. I…I just wanted to protect you.”
-“….”
– “Nancy please say something”
A tear dropped from Nancy’s eyes.
– “Say something Nancy. I am so sorry my little girl. Please forgive me. I always loved you from the beginning. I do not care about your answer, you will still be my daughter.”
– “I love you mom”, Nancy said with a smile and tears dropping like a waterfall.
Laura was chocked and relieved that Nancy did not react badly to this heartbreaking news. She put her head on her chest and kept holding her hand. But then, something felt wrong. The heartbeats on the machine started slowing down. Laura felt Nancy’s body becoming cold and weak.
– “No! Not now! Noooo! Nancy! Nancy! Nancy! Baby girl No!”, she kept crying.
-“…’
During February the first, Nancy passed away in the Clinic of Tilleuls. She died with a purified soul and a relieved mind. She left this word with an unforgettable love for her mother. She stayed there with her from the beginning. She was the only one.
