Chloe’s POV

My legs refused to move.

My mind refused to understand.

My heart refused to beat normally.

I was stocked to where I was standing. Shocked as to the information I had just heard.

Stage 3 cancer.

The words spun in my head like a nightmare I couldn’t wake from. Ethan’s limp body on the floor… the blood… the towel… his voice cracking under the weight of truth… everything replayed like a broken film.

I stood frozen, absolutely frozen, not knowing what ...