Kiss and Cry Page #4

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At a nightclub.

Which explains

why I was so thin.

I'm from the

Oncology department.

After the CT scan

was completed,

the radiology department

asked me to come down

and take a look at it.

I was clearly able to see

what was causing Carley's

breathing problems.

I have, uh, I have a spare

inhaler in here.

Mrs. Allison, I'm sorry,

but that won't be necessary.

It's not asthma.

More tests to run,

but we have a little...

In a few seconds, they're

gonna come in and hug me.

Riley and Sam are gonna be

holding in their tears.

My dad's gonna hold my hand

and tell me everything's

gonna be okay.

Hey.

My mom

will kiss my forehead.

It's gonna be

okay. Shh.

It's okay.

And I'm gonna nod

and know they're only

telling me half the truth.

The truth is...

...the CT scan found a tumor

on the right side

of my trachea.

I have cancer.

It's a malignant

melanoma in your trachea.

It's extremely rare.

Only seven known cases

in medical history.

You, young lady,

one in a billion.

Wow. Lucky me.

Well, you are lucky

because we can remove it.

Not today, because the tumor is

right up beside your thyroid.

So we have to use chemotherapy

to shrink the tumor down

to a size where we

can get around it.

In the meantime, you

need this tracheostomy

so you can breathe.

Hey Nuggy.

How you doing?

Good morning.

How you feeling?

Hi.

Hi.

I'll take that one.

Wow, that's big.

Hi.

- No toys allowed.

- It's okay.

- It's so cute.

- Oh, tell me about it.

Let's go.

Come on, come on.

- But I'm her sister.

- Let's go.

No toys in the ICU.

It's just for my sister!

It's small! Man.

It's okay, you

don't have to hide.

I'm not wearing make-up

either.

Can I see it?

Oh, come on, I'm going

see it eventually.

I bought you this

giant, cute Panda.

How are you?

You have amazing handwriting.

Oh, you want to talk

about embarrassed, huh?

- That night.

- We brought you in,

Your dad said he'd call

my parents to pick me up

because my phone had died.

But he forgot.

Not that I can blame him.

- I tried to take.

- The train home.

And somehow ended up

on the wrong train

and ended up in the

middle of nowhere.

- And all the trains.

- Stopped running,

- So I had to knock.

- On this lady's door.

To use her phone at,

like, two in the morning.

She got scared, called the

cops, and I got arrested.

All right, not quite, but that's

definitely what it looked

like when cops pulled up

- to my house.

- With me in the back.

Right when all of my neighbors

were leaving for work.

It's okay, Carley.

How about this?

I'll make you a deal.

You show me your trach tube,

- and I'll show you.

- The scar I got.

When I sat on a broken

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