Relief

You should have seen it in his eyes. Unspeakable joy and relief.

We were just waiting for the doctor to utter those words. Even the contents of the biopsy report didn't matter. Papa shook the doctor's hands fiercely and told him he was an excellent doctor. And the doctor just went "huh?"

It's been something like 10 months since the battle began. And from what it seems right now, we have emerged the victors.

As Papa stepped out of the clinic, he dug into his pockets for his cellphone and eagerly called his closest elder brother to inform of the gd news, like a little boy calling home to inform big bro that he has gloriously beaten up some son of a bitch in school.

I leaned over my umbrella and heaved a sigh of relief, thinking from this point on, things will only get better...and they better be.

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