An Imperial Affliction

My mother's glass eye turned inward, as it normally does when she is stressed or upset or both. The doctor asked if he could talk to her alone and she agreed; not that she really had a choice.

I strained to hear what they were saying; though the outside of the door, I caught my name, and stage IV.

" I though to myself, slowly making my way back to the chair that they presumed I was still in. Then it downed on my the only reason a doctor asks to speak to a parent in the hall is for terrible news, stages. Well there are a good bit of disease with stage but I was pretty certain I knew the one the doctor was about to diagnose me with; cancer.