part 2-Diagnosis

The doctor faced the small group. Rick and Popuri sat on either side of Lillia. Popuri was squeezing her mother's hand. There was a troubled look on the doctor's handsome face.

"Lillia, I'm afraid your condition has gotten worse. You have only a few months to live," Doc said.

Rick gasped and Popuri burst into noisy sobs.

"'I'm sorry, Lillia but I'm afraid there isn't anything more I can do for you," Doc said.A few days later Jack was putting crops into the shipping bin when Zack walked up. Not surprisingly he had not taken the news of Lillia's illness well. He looked as if he had not slept at all.

"Hey, Zack," Jack smiled.

"Hey," Zack said."Jack...I'm leaving in a few days. I want...I want to cure Lillia.I'm going to find that magic flower, the one Rod left to find."

"But, Zack," Jack said after a long moment,'Rod has been searching for those flowers for over a decade. You only have...you only have a few months."

"I have to try, Jack."

To be continued