nternet was filled with comments about her diagno

he's clear about her feelings as well as

As long as she's not wrecking his marr

t Villa gave me a glimpse into rich people's li

should just let him be with Vivian.

cian. She stopped working after she got

.

me one after another. Some people acted concerned. Others wanted inform

e headlines to understand what wa

click on an

t matter

ized, Brandon would no lon

n she looked up, she saw

pain?" She saw the strain on Millie's face and, witho

mall smile and

mind. Some things si

ust sighed and helped Millie

s soon opened at

than usual. Millie noticed a few

. "They always bring this kind of attention..." She stopped at once, her face chang

int. Millie had alr

The noise and movement around him didn't touch him-his hair perfectly in

small and weak, her face pale, whi

on stepped in to catch her, shieldin

kly, stepping in front of Mill

ade up her mind; Brandon didn't need to know she was there

ou're not divorced yet. He's still your husband. And he's he

ban

oked away

etly smiled just thinking abo

ot an

a. Let's just go," Millie

now and stopped looking in Br

vian glanced over. A flicker of

o this mess," she said, a tinge of remorse in her

tor first." His face stayed calm, but something sti

into the cons

r her medical rec

through it, slow

s serious,

d quietly. Then she took a slow breath. "Ple

ospital and begin treatment," the doctor said. "You sho

nt?" Vivian gav

ing in her eyes, and then said q

rs curled tight

mall shake o

of my life with some dignity," she said. "S

eply but finally nod

otos and recording videos without

ching were

is a real person w

e what late-stage cancer feels like. But she

ouldn't go through treatment. Only people who'v

r Vivian reached i

.

d out of the hospital, Millie was sitting on a bench nearb

what was happening, paparazzi

lashes came

frowned and asked, "Wh

Brandon, and then at Vivia

. The crowd didn't g

ause of what's online? Are you

ur husband being out in

are you planning

had shown up on purpose-to face V

on thought

ked an

. Didn't you kn

e was brimming

lt like l

at she was picking a fight on p

ally didn'

ters turned to Vivian, asking question

in. "Millie!" he called. He

xpected her to do

to please h

from him-there was no

nd over her stomach. The d

t a friend," sh

t something she wanted to share-not before the d

s question earl

Brandon, Millie

n't back off. They cr

you to step aside and let Mr. Watson be

long. Are you still

. Wa

responding; she jus

of them in the same place at last,

and that silence gave someone the b

rms moving at once t