Recap & Part 6

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This story is hard for me to write... But I'll power through. I dedicated this to girlnamedmegan for two reasons; ONE : we have the same name! (diff. spellings, though.) 2: Her comment made me legit laugh out loud on the last part. (: So yeah. Also, people are asking for a recap of this story, so I'm going to run through it before I start part 6. But can we please check out my other stories? I'll put my new account in the external link! PLEASE & THANKS.

What's been up:

After the rushed ending of 'This All Started With A Parkingspace, I'm Not Supposed To Fall In Love!?' McKenna and Chase are going strong. One day, Chase brings up the subject of doing IT. Yes, the big thing. Adultery, technically. McKenna, of course, refuses. Although this hasn't stopped Chase from bringing it up. Adding on top of the stress of her Dad's new girlfriend trying to become her new mommy, and her Dad dropping the bomb that they're going to get married. Her life is on the fritz, so when her Dad suggests going to visit her Mom, she isn't shocked. She goes and rekindles her friendship with Mike before going to a fancy dinner with her Mom- and sister, and her Dad. Her BALD Dad.

I hope you enjoy...

Recap;

"Mom, how do these people know-" I'm stopped mid sentence by my Dad sitting in said booth, without any hair on his head, and Annabelle bawling.

"Hi McKenna. Take a seat."

HERE YA GOO

"What's going on? Dad?" I look at my Dad's shiny head, confused. The knot in my stomach turns violently.

"Mckenna, I told you that tonight would shock you. Just listen for now, questions later." Mom answers.

I think about snapping at her but decide against it.Instead I stay silent, expectantly. Annabelle is still in hysterics. Why did he tell her first? "Okay. I hope you know that I love you very much McKenna. And I tried to raise you right. I feel like that's the one thing that I didn't fail at. So now, I need to fess up to you. I've been lying for many years to you, about something awful. And I think now is the best time to tell you. I have an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer."

Bombshell. My mind starts to move in four different directions at once. How could I not have noticed? Why is he telling me now? When was he diagnosed? I open my mouth, then snap it shut, because I don't know what to say. Thankfully Annabelle decides to talk, giving me a minute to process.

"But... Why now?" Her little soprano voice sounds shattered and broken as she asks the obvious question. Of course in sure we all know why now, but I stay quiet.

"I'll tell you the whole story. I was diagnosed a few months after you guys turned thirteen." He eyes me carefully, trying to see my reaction. I sit emotionless on the outside as my mind and insides are crumbling. "And that's when my business trips became doctors appointments. And at first, I was doing alright. I barely lost hair, and the chemotherapy was helping me. I went into remission after eight months of chemo and a lot of dieting and exercise." Slowly his mouth turned up in a taut smile. "I was fine, and I went in a lot to check up. And then, about six months ago, it came back."

Tears start to brim over, but I wiped them with the back of my palm. I don't want to hurt Dad by being sad and crying, he needs support. So I clear my throat and finish saying what he was going to. "It's back. And now you're..."

"To put it bluntly, I'm dying. I could put myself through Chemo again, but the cancer has mutated itself, it's a stronger strand and I won't be able to beat it, I'll only be able to slow it's progression. So I see no point in spending my last months barfing and feeling sick, being drugged and scared."

A strange noise comes from Mom, and I see her cover her face. She still loves him, they didn't break up because of loss of love, but rather for me and Annabelle. I think secretly Dad still loves her too.

Dad's dying, love, he's sick, he'll leave me alone. It hits me like a ton of bricks. "THIS IS WHY YOURE MARRYING FEARN, right?!" It all makes sense now.

"Yes. I'm sorry sweetheart, but Fearn is a really good parental figure and you're gonna need someone who can give you support- financial and mental. When I go." A small smile forms on his sad face.

The brief victory I felt over this discovery slowly leaves me as dread spreads througout me. My Dad... He's dying? He can't do that. He hasn't seen me graduate or have a baby, or walk me down the aisle. We were never super close, and now I won't have the opprotunity to is gone. "How long do you have?" I ask quietly.

"Give or take 6 months. But I'm strong, I think I'll last until Christmas." He smiles again. " I hope you all know why I chose to hide it from you and that you all know I love you."

"Of course we do Daddy." Annabelle says, talking in a voice that's strangled and tense.

"Good. Now you And the baby are coming home with me for a few days, Tyler can come too. And McKenna you're coming home early. I want to spend some time together. We'll leave tomorrow morning, so I'm gonna go back to my hotel and sleep." Dad stands up and kisses Me and Annabelle on the forehead, and Mom on the lips, confirming my earlier suspicions. It's a deep kiss and I felt butterflies from seeing it. I can't imagine how happy they were together.

"Lets go." I say to Mom after she recovers herself from the kiss. She says yes and in the back of my mind I think about how we didn't even have an appetizer.

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"Dad?" I find my voice after staring at him for a full minute. "What- ?"

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