Runaway Groom (Groom Series Book 1) (English Translation)

Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Hughie, Gulf, and Mew

I cannot say that I am happy with Aron's death. Yes, I wanted him out of our lives, but not this way.

But I cannot do anything about it. He was indeed crazy. Before he jumped, you would never thought that he would do something like that. After everything he did, I did not really think that he would commit suicide.

But at least, we can now live peacefully.

However, something has been bothering me. And it's Hughie!

Before Aron jumped, he told us that Hughie has leukemia and might die soon?

I am so worried right now.

And with that in mind, I was able to patch everything up.

The reason why he suddenly broke up with me. Why he suddenly shaved his head. And that nose bleeding. He had his reasons. And it was not only because he knew that I still love Mew.

The Hughie I knew would fight for love and would not give up easily.

I felt my chest tighten.

The thought of Hughie dying is making me feel so much pain.

He had to sacrifice his happiness because he knew that in the end, he will still have to leave me. But isn't leukemia curable?

I spaced out while sitting on a chair here on the rooftop. There are a lot of things going on inside my mind right now. One, Aron's bloody corpse is still fresh in my mind. His body is now being taken care of by the police and the investigators. And two, I just found out that Hughie is living with cancer.

There are now plenty of police here on the rooftop, investigating whether it was really suicide or murder.

Of course it was suicide!

The investigators already asked Mew and I for our statement but they asked us to wait until the investigation is over. Mew was just beside me and holding my hand the entire time.

An investigator approached us.

"We found a CCTV footage here in the rooftop. You are free to go now."

Mew got up quickly. But I was left sitting, trying to process everything that had just happened and what I just found out.

Mew had to guide me downstairs and into his car because I was still spacing out. We were both silent on the way home. He drove us home while I just blankly stared outside the window.

If earlier I had many things going on inside my head, now I am only thinking about one thing.

Hughie.

I have to ask him if it's true. If he really has leukemia.

I can feel my heart acting up again. My chest is starting to feel heavy. Because I am in pain. I remember how kind Hughie was to me back then. How he sacrificed so much for me.

Part of me is angry with him because he kept it a secret from me, but sadness and worry prevailed in me.

How could he do this to me? How could he keep it a secret?

I have only little knowledge about the disease. I was so restless that I pulled out my cellphone to search Google for leukemia.

My whole body almost trembled at what I read.

According to Cancer.net, "The 5-year survival rate for people 20 and older with Acute Myeloid Leukemia is about 25%. For people younger than 20, the survival rate is 67%. However, survival depends on several factors, including biologic features of the disease and, in particular, a patient's age. "