About 6 months later…
"Listen to this Sara!" Lindsey made her presence know as she came bounding into the kitchen. A rainbow coloured bandana covered the fact that she had lost most of her hair as a result of chemotherapy to treat her leukemia. She rustled the pages of the joke book with a flourish and preceded to read, "What do you call a Chinese robbery?"
"I don't know Lindsey. What do you call a Chinese robbery?" Sara responded allowing herself a smile at seeing Lindsey on one of her good days.
"Chinese takeaway!" Lindsey said crowing with laughter. Sara joined in her laughter, which ended up with Sara tickling Lindsey until she was begging for her to stop. It was a knock at the door, which stopped their antics.
"Hey," Sara said opening the door to reveal Nick and his fiancée Melissa, "Oh god. Is it that time already?" she exclaimed rushing upstairs to collect Lindsey's bag. "I'm sorry," she said when she appeared at the top of the stairs, "we lost track of the time".
Lindsey came running to the door joke book in hand. She slipped her free hand into Melissa's and began to talk to her as they made their way to the car.
"We'll have her back Monday morning", Nick assured Sara before following the other two down the path.
Not long after Nick had left with Lindsey the phone rang…
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