I Worked Nights and Nursed My Husband Through Canc3r – The Week He Was Declared Canc3r-Free, He Asked for a Divorce, but His Doctor Stopped Me and Said, ‘There’s Something You Should Know’

irresponsibly. I’ll cook.”

“Don’t.”

I stopped.

“Don’t what?”

“Alicia.”

Something about his tone made me put down the pen.

“What?”

He looked directly at me.

“I want a divorce.”

For a moment, my brain refused to process the sentence. I looked down at the papers and straightened one of the pages.

“You still need to sign the follow-up sheet.”

“Alicia.”

“And we should put your next scan in both our calendars.”

“Did you hear me?”

I slowly placed the pen on the table.

“You’ve been cancer-free for about four hours.”