✅ Step-daughter// D.S ✅

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"where am i?" i ask once i wake up and see i'm surrounded in a white room

"you're in the hospital you passed out" daniel says from next to me

i look down and notice i'm wearing a hospital gown and daniels holding my hand

i look over at him and he's crying

"i'm okay dani why are you crying"

"t-the doctors found somethings when they were checking if you were stable"

"what did they find?"

"you have a tumor, brain cancer exactly only stage 2 so you have a chance at surviving"

"cancer? no this can't be true. you're lying to me"

"why would i lie about something like that"

"i don't know but i just cant have cancer i can't. i want a doctor to tell me"

"okay i'll go get one" he stands up and kisses my forehead before leaving the room

i really can't believe this

i hope he just heard them wrong and they said something else

i have to open this restaurant again and i need to register ryland for daycare and i need to support daniel with his returning music career and i need to help Rae with everything that deals with teenagers and i just cant have cancer

soon after a doctor comes in with daniel and he has a bunch of scans and paperwork

"i'm happy to see you awake. daniel said he told you the sad news and you didn't believe him"

"i just want proof"

the doctor hands me a scan of my brain and points it out

"right there is the tumor. it's just big enough for us to see which is good. you only have stage 2 from what i see."

"is stage two good?" i ask

"well it's still cancer so it could become more dangerous but it is one of the lower ones. you have a 36% chance"

"of dying?"

"well the cancer"

"so i have a 64% chance of dying which means i'm most likely going to die"

"no that is not what it means. the cancer has a 36% chance of dying which means it is possible that it spreads but we would be able to catch it, stop it, remove it and you would be cancer free. but for now you're in good hands. it's only in one area of your brain and we'll try to reduce its size with some chemo therapy then we will go in on surgery and remove it and then once the tumors out, we'll do more chemotherapy until all the living cancer cells are dead" i don't know what they do but just pretend okay okay no one said this was accurate

"how long do you think it will take? a few months"

"not exactly. we're looking at about 5 years"

"oh... so what now"

"we're going to keep you here for a couple of days just to make sure you don't pass out anymore and then you will be given your first treatment and we'll go on from there"

"but what about my kids i need to go home and see them"

"i can bring them to see you" daniel says

"but i want my home. i don't want to be here please"

"i'm sorry but we want you to be healthy. after your first treatment you will be allowed to go home we just need to keep you here to monitor you"

"but i'm fine!"

"well we want to make sure."

"ugh!!! i'm tired"

"well i'll leave and let you sleep." my doctor smiles and leaves the room

"i hate this"

"i do too but i believe in you. you've been through so much in your life and this is just one more thing"

"what if this is the thing that kills me"

"dont say that"

daniel gets in the bed with me and kisses me

"you're not going to die from this i promise you. you are the strongest person ever. you've literally been stabbed multiple times"

"but this is different daniel. i can't control what happens. i'm really worried"

he sighs and kisses me one more time

"i wish i could make you feel better"

"i wish i could be better. i'm sorry i can't be more positive i just feel defeated"

"i understand but it's only the beginning you haven't even started any treatment"

"can we not talk about it right now. i just want to see ryland and rae. where are they anyways?"

"Raes at school and Rylands at my moms house"

"oh can you pick them up i need to see my babies"

"i dont want to leave you alone"

"please dani i need to see them and hug them"

"but-"

"please"

"okay fine"

"thank you"