I just stared at the doctor with doubt. It couldn’t be true! It just couldn’t! Not yet!
“Cookie?” Lucky asked. “Are you okay?”
Tears brimmed around my eyes. One escaped. Then another. Then another. Next thing I know, I’m gripping Lucky with all of my might, leaving tears on his shirt, crying like I’ve never cried before. I just let everything go. The teasing at school, this, the future to come, all of it. I couldn’t contain the stress anymore. I just couldn’t. When I was finally slowing the flow of the tears, I hugged my father....
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