Part 9
“He’s gone?”
“Xander…”
“I’m sorry.”
“It was cancer. He was diagnosed with an uncurable cancer. The doctors told him he had less than two years to live. He refused treatment. He didn’t want to be pumped full of chemicals for the rest of his life. So he left.”
“But, he never… He would’ve told us…”
“No, Red. I knew. Overheard ‘is goodbye to ‘is parents. Blackmailed him into taking me to Peaches.”
“Oh.”
