With his targets back turned towards him, Jack snuck up the last few feet drawing his knife he prepared to take the life of this criminal who had made the lives of so many other mammals miserable, now it was time to... "Good morning sweetie." Jack woke up with a start realizing that he was safe at home, and that particular mission had been done years ago, he was in fact lying in bed with his very beautiful arctic fox wife, that wouldn't be so extraordinary if it wasn't for the fact that he was a hare, but love doesn't discriminate even when it comes to species, Jack Savage had fallen in love with Skye Winter, and she was as beautiful as new fallen snow. He was always asking himself what it was about him that had caught her attention, and her affection, but when he looked in her eyes he realized it didn't matter, her love for him was unconditional and that was good enough. They had been together now for five years and during that time they had been trying for a child, they had almost succeeded, but fate had been cruel and they lost it to a drunk driver in a car accident, that was a year ago and the scars had yet to fully heal. Every-time he looked into his wife's eyes, no matter how hard she tried to hide it, he could see the pain and anguish in them, it was the same pain and anguish he felt, he would have given anything to take it away, but deep down he knew that to erase the pain would have been even more cruel, to take away her memory of the child that had been inside her, being nurtured, being loved, it was fleeting, but it was a memory that while it lasted was one of a child that they had conceived together, and nothing could erase that.
"Good morning to you too beautiful, so do you have anything in mind for breakfast?" Skye gave Jack a sly grin before saying, "Yeah, I think I'll have some passionate kisses with a side of lovemaking." "How about we make that the main course, and for dessert we'll continue with the kisses, till our lips are chapped?" Skye chuckled before her eyes got wide and she shot out of bed running to the bathroom, Jack heard retching sounds seconds later and hurriedly got up after her. Reaching the door of the bathroom he saw Skye bent over the toilet emptying out her stomach, going to her side and doing his best to ignore the sounds and smells of the vomit he put his arm on her back and comforted her as best he could.
When she was finished she cleaned herself up at the sink, "Are you ok, what was that about?" Jack asked with concern, instead of looking upset at what just happened Skye had a hopeful and joyous expression on her muzzle. "I think it means what we've been hoping for Jack... I think I'm pregnant!" "Oh my God, that's wonderful! But lets make sure and go to your doctor to get you checked first, no sense getting worked up over some bad food or a bug." Skye gave him a mock-scornful look but was already heading back to the bedroom to put some clothes on, Jack followed suit and soon they were in their car heading to the clinic. Once there Jack got out of the car quickly to get the door for Skye, sticking her tongue out at him and waiting with her arms folded she let him get the door. When she stepped out they both headed to the building paw in paw.
The waiting room of the clinic had just a few other mammals waiting to see the doctor, when it was their turn the doctor led them to his office. "It's so good to see you again Mr. and Mrs. Savage, I hope everything is ok." Skye was practically bursting as she said "Well doctor, my husband and I have been trying for a while to conceive again, and I think it's happened, so we came here to see if it's true." "Okay, well certainly I can do that, Mr. Savage if you would kindly go back to the waiting room I will perform the tests and see if your wife is indeed pregnant." Jack blew a kiss to Skye before leaving, a mess of nerves and jitters, he prayed that this was it, that his beloved wife had indeed conceived again, nothing could possibly bring him more joy.
After waiting close to an hour Jack was getting concerned, he knew that it didn't take that long to confirm a pregnancy, just as he was about to get up to see if he could find out what was going on the doctor came out escorting Skye, immediately he could tell something was wrong, Skye was in tears and wouldn't look him in the eye. Looking askance at the doctor Jack asked, "What happened, what have you found?" The doctor looked at Jack with sorrow and said "I am truly sorry Mr. Savage, but your wife isn't pregnant, she has stage 3 colon cancer, that's what made her sick this morning." Jack was speechless, how could Skye have cancer, she was one of the healthiest mammals he knew, "There must be some mistake doctor, are you certain you saw cancer?" The doctor, a wolf, had to almost squat down to look Jack in the eye as he said in a serious tone, "I am certain sir, I checked three times just to make sure, that's what took so long, I didn't want to leave any room for doubt... look, this is never easy, and I hate being the one to have to tell you, you're wife has a few months to live at best, maybe a little more with chemotherapy, but I see you really care about your wife, so my suggestion would be make her comfortable as much as you can, make every moment count and cherish the time you have left."
The drive back home was silent, neither Jack or Skye saying a word, every once in a while a sniffle could be heard. Once back, Skye went to the bedroom and buried her face in a pillow sobbing. Jack couldn't just leave her to her misery so he went in there with her, "Skye, are you alright?" Skye lifted her head, tears streaming down her face, but then she curled her lip and said almost in a whisper, "Oh I'm just fine Jack, I just found out that I have stage 3 cancer with just a few months to live, never better, thanks for asking, so do you want to have sex now Jack, now that you know that you don't have to worry about being saddled with a child, isn't that what you want, sex with no consequences, COME ON JACK, FUCK ME TILL WE'RE SORE, WE CAN DO IT ALL NIGHT!" Jack was stunned, he had never heard his wife scream before, it took all of his willpower not to run out of the room terrified as his instincts were telling him to, he knew Skye was hurting so he forced himself forward to the bed, toward his snarling hurt wife who he loved with all his heart.