#Chapter20 STEP CLOSER

During her time at Uncle Brewin's bedside, Sam had held his hand and asked in low tones if he could hear her; an enquiry answered only by the old man's wheezing, strained breaths. The nurse had said that he had awoken earlier in the day and asked for her but once again Sam had missed an opportunity to converse with him.

And there may not be many more opportunities left. The cancer had now spread to his brain. The doctor wasn't sure how much time Brewin still had, but he had been honest in telling her that it wasn't much. There was also a chance that his...