The wind rises, the bond is broken, and true feelings are gone

Summary

I was diagnosed with cancer the day I was assaulted.

I was left battered and bruised.

The police told me to call my family.

My parents, frantic, said they were visiting friends out of town but would rush back.

My older brothers, Mark and David, said they were on their way.

But I waited at the station all day, and only Mark showed up.

He put his coat around me, his eyes full of concern.

“Sarah, I’m so sorry. If it weren't for Lisa being sick, I wouldn’t have let you go to that meeting alon