Chapter 80: Chemo

“If you’ll wait here, we’ll get Michael all settled and I’ll come and get you,” the nurse said.

Maggie looked wide-eyed to Michael.  “Is that okay with you?” she asked.

He nodded stiffly.  “Just relax.  You don’t even have to come back there with me if you don’t want to.”

“Don’t you want me to?” she asked.

“I’ll come get you in a few minutes,” the nurse repeated.

Maggie watched as the woman led Michael through the doorway of the waiting room.  She perched on a green vinyl chair and flipped absently through a tattered old copy of People magazine, but she was too restless to sit.  Rising, she paced back and forth in front of the window that looked out over the street. 

A few minutes later, the nurse returned.  “Okay, Michael’s all set.  You can come back now.”