The news broke Karen’s heart, Sue was just sitting with them, looking at objects around the office, she didn’t know what was going on.
What now?
Needless to say, their family trip to the park after the doctor’s visit was ruined. They all went back home and Karen couldn’t stop crying. Peter didn’t know how to react to any of this. It seemed like he was going to have to fight this thing, but the odds were really stacked against him.
They had found the cancer in his body much too late to really do anything about it. The doctor gave him a small window of time left and told him that they would do everything in their power to help him. Peter was going to fight this thing, but he was worried about his wife and daughter.
Late nights
Peter would take some therapy for his cancer in the meantime and his body went through a really rough period. He was weak and felt like he weighed a million pounds, although he had lost a lot of weight in reality. He didn’t feel good and he tried to keep hope alive.
But he couldn’t sleep during the night, just thinking about what his wife and daughter would do without him really drove him crazy. He wanted to make sure that they would be alright. On top of that, he wanted to make sure that his daughter would have something to remember him by.
A plan
It hit Peter hard when he had an idea for a plan that he was sure would be great for his daughter. To add, he managed to sell off a lot of his belongings and make some money for his wife to be more secure in the future. He was already thinking ahead, in case the worst happened.
But the plan for his daughter was going to be a big deal. For the next few weeks, he organized a surprise for her and wrote a note for his wife to read. They didn’t know anything about this at the time, but in the near future, it would all become clear to them. Peter had a special gift waiting.
The day comes
Sadly, Peter’s battle with cancer was lost and he passed away one fateful day in the hospital. He had tried his best to beat it, but because they caught it late, there was little hope for them to do much about it. Karen was so upset, she couldn’t stop crying about it.
The funeral was tough for Karen, but she had a lot of family and friends who were around her to help her get through it. Sue was still just a baby who was only now beginning to learn how to speak. Karen would make sure that Sue would remember her father and think about him in a positive way.
The note
But Peter had something to pass on to Karen just before he died. He gave her a piece of paper and told her that he had something planned for Sue. it was to be given to her when she turned eight years old. He felt like at that age she would be able to understand it.
Karen opened up the note and read it, it was instructions for some type of treasure hunt. She promised that when Sue turned eight she would give it to her. Knowing this, it gave Peter a lot of comfort that his daughter would one day remember him in the way he felt was right.
Times goes by
Years had passed since the death of Peter and Karen was looking after her daughter the best way she could. She never got remarried, she was too busy with Sue and working to find someone else. Instead, she found a lot of comfort in knowing that her daughter was a good girl.
Sue was a polite and humble child who loved her mother. She would always ask her to tell her more stories about her father Peter.
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