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Brandy's Cancer: A Short Story
Once upon a time, there was a boy named Brandy, who lived in Brooklyn, NY. Brandy has been living with cancer for ten years, but he refuses to share this with anyone. As a result of Brandy’s cancer, he suffers from severe depression, so he has become an extremely introverted kid. Brandy is excited to start high school, but his family has lost a significant amount of money over the years due to paying for Brandy’s cancer treatments. “Mom, how am I going to go to school showing up in clothes like this? Everyone is going to make fun of me”, said Brandy pouting as he stared down at his ragged clothes. “Honey, I’m sorry but we just don’t have the money to buy you new clothes. Remember, other people’s opinions of you don’t matter. Keep your chin …show more content…
Brandy stood in front of his mirror shaking as he prepared for the reunion. When Brandy arrived, he immediately spotted John in the room. However, he noticed that John was in a wheelchair. John spotted Brandy and wheeled over to him. “Hey Brandy, so um how have you been?”, said John. “I’m good. What happened to you? How come you’re in a wheelchair?”, asked Brandy. “Well, I got into a car accident and I’m paralyzed from the waist down”, replied John. “I’m so sorry to hear that”, said Brandy sympathetically. “Hey, I need to ask you a favor. I hear you’ve been having a successful career as an engineer, so I was wondering if you could lend me some money. There’s this surgery that can fix my condition, but I can’t afford it”, said John. “But I thought that you are from the richest family in this town?”, replied Brandy. “Well, we aren’t so rich anymore. What goes around comes around right? I guess I shouldn’t have been as bad as I was back in high school”, John said sighing. Despite what John did to Brandy in high school, Brandy decided to move past that and help John out because Brandy was once in a similar position that John is now facing. After seeing that John had changed and realized that he shouldn’t have treated the other kids the way he did in high school, Brandy was able to completely let go of all the grudges Brandy held against John. In the end,
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