| 36. Peril One year later� September 4, 2002 10:38 am It was two weeks until the event Hollywood would be talking about for months: |
| Mr. Garrett Whitley Requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of his daughter, Eve Meghan Whitley To Paul Ian Sterling, Jr. Son of Mr. And Mrs. Paul Sterling, Sr. On September 20, 2002 At two o�clock in the afternoon At Divine Hope Christian Church, 28 Ivory Lane Lexington, Kentucky |
| Meg had been to Dr. Harless� office every month since she�d been in remission, and luckily, was still cancer-free. She�d thought. The cramps were coming back, and her upper thighs began to become sore occasionally. It worried her, but she�d prayed it wasn�t cancer again. Then she�d called Dr. Harless and flew out to Hollywood for a few days, telling Paul she had to consult an Irish friend of hers about their honeymoon in Ireland. She was devastated when the results of a pelvic sonogram came back: �The cancer�s back with a vengeance.� Now she was on a private jet back to New York. She knew Paul would want to postpone the wedding, but it would be another victory for cancer over her life. Her eyes filled with tears. Rob reached over and grabbed her hand. He�d come along for moral support. �It�ll be okay, Meg. I know it will.� �Easy for you to say,� she muttered. Rob sighed. �Don�t give up hope. You�ve beat it before, you can do it again.� �I�m tired of fighting it, Rob,� she protested. �Just when I thought I could live out my last five years happily, it comes back an slaps me in the face.� �Now, now, Meg. Don�t get all bitter. Things happen. Cancer happens.� She sighed and leaned back in her chair. �But why me? Why right now when everything is going right in my life for once?� �Why anyone?" |