I Promised My Son Forever—Then Cancer Made Me Count the Months

to go either,” I whisper into his hair. “I’m going to stay as long as I can.”

Leo clings to me like he’s trying to fuse our bodies together.

Mike’s hand covers my shoulder, trembling.

Leo sobs, and each sound feels like my heart tearing.

Then, through tears, he says something that makes me want to scream:

“But you promised me you’d dance at my wedding.”

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