Thursday, June 23, 2011

Part VI of the story (final part by the whole group)

Antonio was a friend of Marco and Kate from the times when the couple was still together. He came to the Spire with Marco to meet Kate and help Marco explain everything to her. Two years ago, just before Christmas, Marco went to hospital for his annual health check. It was meant to be a routine check, but it was discovered that Marco was suffering from a brain tumour. As a result, Marco felt so sorry for both himself and Kate that he decided not to share the news with her. He knew it would destroy her happy life.
Doctors advised Marco to go back to Italy for chemotherapy, and so he did. After almost two years of painful treatment the doctors had great news for him: he was healthy again. Shortly afterwards he decided to go back to Dublin and explain everything to Kate.
He was still pretty weak, so he asked Antonio to go and meet Kate with him. When they noticed that Kate wasn’t at the Spire, Antonio decided to ring her.
The following day, Marco had an appointment with one of his former doctors in St. James’s Hospital. When he was walking down the corridor toward his doctor’s office something caught his attention. It was a scarf that he had given Kate for their last Christmas together. The scarf was unique, handmade by his beloved great-grandmother. It was lying beside one of the beds in intensive care. He approached the bed and whispered: Kate, is that you? Her eyes opened.

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