Chapter X
Billy and Joanna turned quickly, seeing Luna enter, cutting off the moment of euphoria they had just experienced had passed.
She came up to them with ragged breathing, shaking her hands visibly nervous.
- Taylor ... Taylor has come to the Hospital ... She has just returned ... and she has come to see Moly ... and ...- she stopped talking feeling dizzy. Nerves, and the race from the hospital were taking their toll.
Billy grabbed her by the shoulders trying to relax her.
- Breathe slowly .. - he said breathing in slow rhythm for her to follow him.
Jo approached them and took her sister's hand.
Luna listened to Billy. He breathed a few times and then, he smiled, as he looked at both of them.
- She said ... that ... she has found a way to cure them ...
Billy left them nokeado ... He stared at Joanna ... She immediately saw what he was asking with his eyes without even saying a word.
She smiled excitedly. She was so happy to have that connection with him ... It was the first she had ever felt in her life ... and it was wonderful!
- Go with her ... I'll take care of talking to Owen ...
Billy sighed, nodded and went to the door following Luna ... but before leaving, Billy stood up, turned around and headed decisively towards Joanna ... He took her chin gently and gave her a shy Kiss in the lips...
- Thank you ...- he whispered when they separated from each other.- Thanks for coming back ... and for everything ...
She smiled, feeling the taste of his lips on hers and how her legs trembled.
- I should never have left ...
He grinned, nodding, and after squeezing his hand tightly, he left the office without looking at her.
When Billy opened the door to Molly's room in the hospital, he found his niece sitting on the bed with her mother at her side.
Luna remained leaning against the wall next to Taylor. They interrupted the conversation that they maintained nothing more to see it.
He noticed Taylor differently. The year that had passed had sharpened her face and body, showing the effects of the disease, but at the same time, Billy could feel a flash of joy in her eyes ...
When they saw Billy, his sister got up from the bed and went to him, hugging him.
- There's a chance Billly ..- she said excitedly. She looked at Taylor for a few seconds and then looked at him again-. Listen to her...
She took him by the hand and accompanied him to sit on the bed beside her.
Billy remained seated, with a face of not understanding anything, looking at the recently returned who looked at him in turn, with a smirk on her lips.
Taylor took a breath before continuing with what she was telling Molly and her mother.
- After a lot of searching, I found a hospital in NY that ... can cure us ...
Billy nodded expectantly.
- Cure? Of what? Of cancer? .- he asked incredulously.
Taylor shook her head.
- No, not only cancer ... .- she replied with a huge smile illuminating her young face.
Taylor brushed a strand of loose hair from her face and nodded.
- I traveled through Canada and the United States looking for something that could help us. I have read countless medical check-ups, countless books and I have interviewed many doctors and, I swear I was about to throw in the towel, when a charming doctor from San Benjamin, who treated me during one of my crises, became interested in our story, and he recommended that I go to the hospital that the Baker Foundation had in the city ... He had friends there who, maybe, could help me ...
She rummaged in her purse and took out a card. Billy took it and could read in it, the name of the doctor, Vincent Keller, two telephone numbers and two names written with pen: Dr. Forbes and Dr. Marks.*
Taylor took a breath and kept talking. Everyone listened to them holding their breath.
- The Baker* is a research center that experiments with new techniques, seeking the cure of cases that have practically been considered lost ...
- Like ours ...- Molly added.
Taylor nodded.
- Like ours ... until then ...- smiled and continued with her story -... I called them and they immediately agreed to talk to me ... They made me a study, I spoke with the board of directors and with the president of the foundation, Angela Baker,* and almost, without realizing it, I was under treatment in her hospital ...
-... and want to cure us all? .- Molly asked without being able to believe it yet.
Taylor nodded.
- Yes ... and also it's free ... .- she said to her amused -... I told them we could pay, but they do not even want to hear about money ... Theirs is the investigation without more ..
Billy immediately asked her a question that was in his mind.
-But ... is it something legal? ... approved by the administration? There are no side effects?
Taylor shook her head.
- Yes, yes and no ... They warned me that I would have to be admitted during the treatment to watch over me, but what they assured me is that at no time would it harm my health.
Molly got up from the bed.
- So ... do we have to go back to NY with you? All of us?...
Taylor nodded and finished telling them.
- Yes .. We have to go as soon as possible and be there for 6 months of treatment.
Molly and her family looked at each other.
Billy got up from the bed and, spontaneously, hugged Taylor and said to the ear.
- We're going to NY ...
*Characters and stories belonging to Destined (S2, S3, S4 and S5) by Aryantha
To be continue