Chapter 479 Big Girls Don't Cry:>10

• A cold hand stroked my spine, and I forgot all about my anger and loss and hurt feelings as I rushed back into the room, my need to know greater than all that now.
• "Mum, what's wrong with dad, why do you have to go away? Please, tell me, mum, what's wrong with him!" I whispered, a chill rush of fear making my spine tingle and cold sweat collect in the small of my back and between my shoulder blades. The thought 'cancer' was rushing around in my head, but I was afraid to hear the words from her, afraid to turn and look the Gorgon in the face.
• Mum looked ready to cry again.