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Why Did Keldon Tell His Dying Father's Life

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His father, diagnosed with stage three lung cancer prompted Keldon to tell him how his own life had become an unbearable burden that he carried with him 24 hours a day every day of his life. How his marriage was a lie. How he wished he had the cancer instead his father, but he didn 't. Frozen by fear he had no idea how to broach the subject. Would his father think that he weird or sick? Keldon thought How could he tell his dying father that he was some sort of freak? Questions full of self-doubt filled his head. Hospitalized quickly, put on strong pain medications to keep him as comfortable as possible, even if Keldon addressed the subject he knew his father wouldn’t be able to comprehend what he told him. Keldon suffered in silence alone
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