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The Birth of an Angel The River, Part 2 By kyorii pilau Please read my first story The River before reading this. This story starts only minutes after the last one ended. As Susan (Joy and Alice's eldest daughter) and the Stevenson family's driver are packing up following a farewell picnic to the place that Joy and her then girlfriend to be, had first encountered each other. Whilst sitting at almost the exact spot by the river where Joy (who was still a young man at that time called John) had met his future wife. Joy had somehow sensed that Alice was in danger. Unfortunately Joy herself is currently in very poor health after being diagnosed with Cancer, this however is not going to stop Joy from finding and rescuing her wife from wherever she now was. The Birth of an Angel The River Series, Part 2 Chapter 1 The drive home. Susan my eldest Daughter helped our long-suffering driver pack the picnic table, seats and windbreak back into the car for our trip home, I sat almost helplessly in the back of our car. I was very agitated as I could not get any signal on my mobile phone and I needed to make many calls and check on my wife Alice, more worryingly I was also trying to come to terms with what could only be described as a waking dream or premonition that I had just experienced whilst sitting by the river and was praying that it was just my pain medication messing with my mind. I unclipped my handbag and took out my pack of cigarettes and was just about to retrieve one when I stopped myself. "Maybe in a while." I heard myself saying. After about half an hour as we drove south on the A697 I was becoming increasingly agitated and all I could think of was having my next cigarette, I quickly gave in to my cravings and asked the driver to pull over, this he did at the next lay-by, I slowly got out of the car, opened my handbag and retrieved my pack of cigarettes, I quickly took one out of the packet and placed it between my lips, as I lit the end of the cigarette my cheeks hollowed and I took a massive drag and inhaled, I quickly felt relief as my lungs filled with thick white smoke and the nicotine was absorbed into my bloodstream, I slowly exhaled it was at this point I started to feel both the guilt and sadness of my current situation. As I stood by the side of our car cigarette in hand I realised that I could not just stop smoking, not any more, not like I had done a few years earlier, 'what had I done to myself' I thought, because I had been so locked up in my own self-pity over my medical condition I had turned myself into a fully-fledged addict, smoking was now no longer a social habit for me I now needed to smoke just to feel normal, It was then that I started to weep uncontrollably. Susan Quickly noticed my distress and got out from her side of the car and came over to me. "Mum what's the matter?" she asked me with concern. Through my tears, I told her. "I tried, Susan I managed half an hour, half a bloody hour, that's all I could manage, then I had to have a cigarette." To my surprise, she smiled and gently hugged my emaciated withered and bony body. "Sometimes for such a clever mummy you can be really dumb." I sniffed and asked: "What do you mean Susan?" "You don't need to go cold turkey Mum, not now we can get you nicotine gum or patches to help you cut down your intake of cigarettes, I think that this time Mum you are going to need help with quitting, May I help you?" I looked down at my clever young daughter and smiled through my tears. "Susan, if you will help me with my willpower I promise you I will try my hardest to quit?" She smiled and said, "Of course I will, silly." As we both got back into our car Susan asked our driver. "Can you stop off at a chemist shop on the way home please, we need to get some items for my mum." Our driver just nodded as he started the engine and very soon we had parked the car in one of the large municipal car parks of a small bustling market town called Morpeth, Susan and I popped into one of the local chemist shops near the market place and after quite a long chat with the pharmacist we left the shop with a large paper bag containing nicotine gum, and nicotine patches of various strengths and also a pamphlet on how to give up smoking, Susan opened one of the many packs and placed a clear patch on an exposed part of my right arm. "There you go, hopefully that will help to take the edge off your cravings, if you feel the need for another cigarette, try some gum as well mum." *** Susan and I sat in the Market Square, taking the afternoon sunshine for a while, whilst I used my mobile phone. We had finally come into service and I'd managed to contact our London office, they had been given confirmation that Alice did arrive in New York, and she had been driven to her hotel in the city, but the hotel was now claiming that they had no record of her booking in, also our New York subsidiary was being somewhat defensive about whether they had actually met with Alice at the airport and the reception staff were evading giving any direct answers. I immediately instructed our London office to send a trusted investigator to covertly try and locate Alice's whereabouts, I couldn't however put my dread into words, I just seemed to know that Alice was in serious trouble and my current helpless situation just made me feel worse. *** Soon after Susan and I were once again travelling down towards North Yorkshire and the home, that I now affectionately called Stevenson Towers, I only had two more cigarettes the whole trip. Later that afternoon we pulled off the B road that ran adjacent to the grounds of our home and onto the long and winding drive of our estate, a few minutes later Susan and I were home. Chapter 2 Stevenson Towers. As we entered the big house Dot immediately greeted us and asked if we would like a snack, I agreed to some milk and a sandwich, Susan asked for soup and crisps! after we had eaten I apologised to Susan. "I'm really sorry but I have to have another cigarette Susan." surprisingly she just said. "Don't worry mum, just try and increase the gaps between your cigarettes, it's been over an hour since your last one, honestly mum you'll be down to less than a packet in no time." I hoped that she was right as I was already missing my cigarettes and I had only just started to give up. I left Susan in the dining room and made my way out of the house via the kitchen and sat on one of the small chairs that had been placed by the side door. I lit my cigarette, and inhaled and as I was exhaling my mobile started to ring, it was not a number I recognised but as I had been warned to expect a call I reached over and picked up the phone and answered it. "Hello is that Mrs Stevenson, Mrs Joy Stevenson?" asked the voice "This is Clive Andrews, I'm a private investigator." "Ah hello Mr Andrews This Is Joy Stevenson. I take it that our head office has briefed you on your job?" "Yes, I have to locate Alice Stevenson, if possible and then report back to you." "Yes Mr Andrews, please, and I cannot stress this enough, please don't contact anyone but me or Matt Stevenson with any information you have, from this moment on." Mr Andrews simply replied. "I fully understand Mrs Stevenson. I'm at Heathrow now, I board for New York in less than an hour, I'll contact you or Mr Stevenson if and when I find anything out." "Thank you Mr Andrews, oh and please be careful." I hung up the phone, stubbed out my half-smoked cigarette, got up from the chair I was sitting on and slowly made my way back into the house and up the stairs to our room. As I entered our room, I felt a deep sense of relief as I slowly walked over to our bed, kicked off my heels and lay down on my side of the comfortable double bed that I normally shared with my wife Alice. Even though Alice was not here I could still smell her scent on the pillow and sheets, I really needed a hug now but there was no one here to hug me, I felt so lost and alone so quietly I started to weep into the pillow. After a while and a short nap, I decided that I should probably clean myself up and make myself look a little more presentable, I slowly got out of bed, it seemed to me that I ached absolutely everywhere, I didn't know if that was because of my many little growing tumours or if it was as a remnant of what I now thought to be a most barbaric and inhuman treatment, Chemotherapy. I undressed myself taking off my skirt and half-slip then my blouse and bra, I carefully pulled down my tights and removed my panties, I walked through to my dressing room and sat at my dresser and started to remove my thick make-up with a cotton pad soaked in makeup remover, slowly a bland pale and gaunt looking face was revealed, I just stared at my reflection in the mirror and looked at myself with sadness, I then removed my hated wig and placed it on its keeper, I slowly got up and moved over to the full length mirror and examined myself. My body that only four and a half months ago was curvy, youthful and pretty was now barely more than a skeleton loosely covered with pale skin, I could see my hipbones jutting out, my ribcage was exposed and my poor breasts now looked like two loose deflated bags of flesh hanging from my chest, my complexion was very pale, I had large bags of loose flesh everywhere and I could also see some of the many small tumours that were slowly killing me just below the surface of my skin. I then looked at my head and where once there had been a full head of long flowing beautiful dark hair now there were just a few thin wiry wisps of hair jutting out from a bald dome. But what affected me the most as I silently examined myself was my face and hands, my hands looked like an old lady's I looked at my long bony nicotine stained fingers, my broken nails and chipped polish, my face was gaunt my eyes were red from crying I had bags under my eyes, my teeth were badly stained from my smoking habit, I now looked like an old lady. I also really needed a cigarette, I slipped on my silk gown and grabbed a packet of cigarettes and lighter from the small coffee table next to our sofa and headed towards the balcony. I got as far as the balcony door when I realised what I was doing, I stopped in my tracks and shouted "NO." To myself, I then threw down my pack and lighter and walked back through to the bedroom and my handbag, I opened it and took out my open pack of nicotine gum and popped one of the small pieces of gum out of its foil sealed blister and placed it in my mouth, after chewing the mint flavoured miracle for a few seconds the cravings started to subside. I decided to have a shower to try and make myself feel a little better. As I showered I shaved myself completely, this also included my head. As I entered our changing room following my shower, with my bald head exposed and my body wrapped in a large soft bath towel I was a little surprised to see my old Teddy Bear 'Basil' sitting on my bed, there was a little note attached to his chest, I read it. "I thought you might need an old friend to hug when you were feeling down." it was signed 'S'. For the first time in a long while, I actually smiled to myself at my Daughters sweet gesture. I decided to trim and file my broken nails, I also removed my worn and chipped nail polish and left my nails bare. As I was going to have a very busy day tomorrow, I put on a simple nightshirt, took my pain pills, placed a new patch on my arm and decided to go to bed. One final thing before I fell asleep, I did something that I had been neglecting since my diagnosis of cancer and dilated my vagina with my favourite vibrator. I fell asleep soon afterwards whilst hugging my teddy bear 'Basil' and thinking of my beautiful wife Alice. Chapter 3 Resonance. I awoke quite early to my now almost constant pain. I reached over to my bedside table grabbed my cigarettes. I lit one and inhaled deeply, feeling the nicotine being absorbed deep within me, sating my addiction. It was only after a few more inhales that I actually realised what I was doing, I sighed as I slowly exhaled through my nostrils and stubbed out the half-smoked cigarette, I reached over and quickly popped a piece of nicotine gum into my mouth instead. I dressed casually in jeans and a tee shirt, I put on a pair of 3" heels, these were lower than I normally wore, I only applied a little make-up this morning, just enough so that I didn't look like a ghost and scare the staff. Just before I left for breakfast I replaced the nicotine patch on my arm once more and took my pain pills. (I took less pain medication than I would normally take in the mornings as it sometimes left me quite woolly headed). As I reached the dining room I realised I wasn't wearing my wig, 'too late now' I thought to myself as I entered, Dot didn't even appear to notice my baldness as I entered. "Good morning Joy, I've prepared a selection of food for you, please try and eat something." She said hopefully. I really was not hungry at all, but I did manage to force down some dry toast and one grilled sausage. Susan appeared in the dining room shortly afterwards. "Morning mummy." She cheerfully said as she plonked herself down in a most unladylike manner opposite me. "What are you doing today mum and can I help?" asked Susan as she tucked into her cereal. "I'm planning on doing a little research this morning Susan, I vaguely remember reading an article in a magazine once about some chap who claimed that he could kill cancer cells using electricity or magnetism or something, I think I'll first try by looking through some of my old magazines." Susan gave me a cheeky smile then said. "I'll help too mum, but I'll be using this modern thing, it's called the Internet." "Very funny, I know what the Internet is, it was me that had our fibre connection installed." Susan just smiled again. I left the dining room shortly afterwards and headed through to the library. *** Around lunchtime just as I was starting to give up searching, Susan appeared. "Everyday Practical Electronics April 2001." she said triumphantly. I looked back through my 2001 issues and indeed there was a pull-out supplement with that issue, I read the supplement carefully several times and then said to Susan. "I think we should give this a go, this chap Rife seemed to be onto something and I think, with a little bit of tinkering, I could get it to work much better." Susan looked hopefully at me. "So do you think you could cure yourself then mum?" I thought about it for a second then said. "I'm not sure Susan; but anything is better than nothing, I have to try something and it's not like it'll kill me is it?" Susan looked sadly at me. "Susan, could you go and get me a sandwich from Mrs B please, oh and a wine glass then bring them down to my basement workshop, once you've had your lunch that is as I've had an idea." About half an hour later Susan came down into my little workshop with an empty wine glass and a sandwich, I was just popping yet another nicotine gum into my mouth. "You're just in time Susan." I said. "If you would just like to put the wine glass on the tray over there in front of the speaker for me please." I gave her a pair of plastic safety goggles and a pair of ear defenders. "Before you put them on Susan let me just explain what I'm trying to do. If I lick my finger and then run it around the top of the wine glass it makes a note like so." Susan nodded as she heard the ringing tone from the glass. "Okay then, if you look over here at the trace on my scope as I do it you can see the frequency that the glass is vibrating at, in this case three thousand one hundred and fifty times a second, or 3150 Hz." Susan looked slightly bemused. "That's the frequency that the glass is vibrating at. Now that frequency is called its resonant frequency." "But mum, how would this kill cancer?" she asked. "I'm so glad you asked that, now if I were to feed a signal back to the glass at its resonant frequency, the glass would then start to vibrate at that frequency, but if I then increase the volume or the 'Amplitude' of that signal what do you think will happen then Susan?" She pondered this for a while: "I'm not sure mum; I hope that it would break the glass." I looked at her a little mischievously. "Shall we try it and see then?" Susan nodded to me and then put her ear defenders and goggles on. I set the frequency generator at 3150 Hz and turned on the amplifier. A tone was emitted from the loudspeaker placed in front of the glass, I slowly turned up the volume until after a few seconds, the glass shattered. I then turned off the amplifier so as not to irritate the rest of the household. "Wow! Wow Mum that was awesome, is that how you're going to try and kill your cancer then?" I smiled at her enthusiasm. "Yes, that is the principle of how I hope to do it; but cancer cells are tiny so they will require a much higher frequency to make them resonate if indeed they can resonate, so I am going to need a supply of my own cancer cells to work with though; but if you will excuse me for a just moment I think I may have over eaten a little." I dashed out of my workshop to the nearest toilet and threw up violently. *** As soon as I had recovered and washed, I went outside and had a cigarette 'I needed it and I deserved it' I thought to myself. It was my fifth of the day (usually I was starting my second pack by now). Once I had finished my cigarette, I went into Matt's study and made several phone calls. The most important of the calls was to Stevenson Biotech. I called their number and almost immediately got the reception desk. "Hello Stevenson Biotech, how may I direct your call?" "Ah good afternoon, could I speak to your R&D department please?" There was a short pause and then. "Who should I say is calling?" "Joy Stevenson, I have some questions and I would like an expert to give me some answers please." there was another pause and in the background I could hear talking and muttering, then the receptionist simply said "Putting you through to our Research department now madam." The phone was answered by a very pleasant gentleman called Allen, he said he was head researcher. I asked him several questions, fortunately he knew who I was and offered to send his assistant over to Stevenson Towers to advise me, she would be arriving late afternoon, I thanked him and hung up the phone. I then went into the library and did several web searches on the effects of resonance I found out that Nikola Tesla had actually made an entire building shake by accident once using the properties of resonance during one of his experiments, I also read further about the work of Royal Raymond Rife but sorting out the facts from the fiction was a rather tiresome business and after making lots of notes I turned off the computer. By this time, I was really quite exhausted and in a great deal of pain so I decided to retire to our room for a nap, I left instructions to be woken when Allen's research assistant arrived. Chapter 4 Joy Versus Cancer (Round One). I was gently woken from my sleep by Susan. "Mum your person has arrived." she said quietly whilst stroking my bald head. I was slightly disorientated, felt dizzy, my skin crawled and I was shaking, Susan looked sadly at me. "I think you may need a cigarette Mum, and a patch top up." I felt really guilty lighting up in front of my daughter, but the relief was very fast in coming and after smoking only half of the cigarette I stubbed it out, and popped some gum in my mouth. "I suppose I'll probably have to wean myself off the patches and gum at some point Susan." Susan just smiled and passed me my shoes. We made our way downstairs and waiting in the hallway was a woman probably in her late twenties she had two suitcases by her side, I introduced myself. "Hello, I'm Joy Stevenson, I'm really pleased to meet you and this is my eldest daughter Susan." She seemed a little shocked at my appearance. "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't put my wig on today I hope you don't mind because it itches like hell when I wear it." "I was staring wasn't I, I'm sorry that was so rude of me" she stuttered, "My name is Ruby, I have been sent by Mr Cartwright to render any assistance to you that I can." I smiled at her and guided her into the library, as we sat down Dot appeared with tea and cakes. "Tuck in." I said to the still nervous Ruby. "I'll come straight to the point Ruby, Firstly, what I need to know is can you grow Cancer cells outside of the human body, specifically my Cancer cells?" Ruby looked at me for a second. "Can I ask you why you would want to do that Mrs Stevenson?" I looked at her directly in the eyes and said. "Because I need to find a non-invasive way of destroying the little bastards, and I need to do it quickly and I need to be alive at the end of it." She smiled at me and explained. "Yes, from what Mr Cartwright said I thought that was what you were up to, you do realise that it's highly unlikely that you would succeed don't you?" I smiled at her and asked "So can you? Oh, and I insist you call me Joy." Ruby answered "Yes, it is relatively easy to produce cancer cells, that's the main problem with the little buggers all they want to do is reproduce and infect, but yes, I can supply you with an unlimited amount, there's just one problem." I knew it there was always a problem. "Okay then what do I need?" "That's easy." she smiled "All I need Is a small sample of one of your tumours, I can't take it myself as I'm not a medical doctor." I first thought of my oncologist (or doctor, poke and hope, as I had been unkindly calling him) but decided I would give Dr Mike a call instead. "Okay Ruby, when can you start?" I was expecting Ruby to say tomorrow or next week but what I wasn't expecting her to say was. "How about right now, my equipment should be arriving on your property any minute." I then said to Ruby. "Great then I'll go and make a quick call and see if my Doctor can come over." I left the library and entered Matt's office, I sat at his desk and picked up one of his phones and dialled Dr Mike on his private number, after a few rings he answered. "Hello?" "Hello Dr Mike, it's Joy Stevenson." there was a pause then. "Oh, hello Joy, how are you?" even though I was in rather a lot of pain I just couldn't resist having a joke, so I answered. "Dying at the moment Doctor, but I need your help for a project, I need you to remove a portion of one of my tumours for me please, I believe you call it a biopsy." Dr Mike sounded a little confused when he asked. "I don't understand Joy why would you want me to remove a portion of a tumour? you have too many to remove it wouldn't make any difference." "Yes, I know Doctor Mike, but I need it for a research project, that Stevenson Biotech is working on." He pondered for a second then said. "Okay Joy when do you require me?" "Any time this afternoon Dr Mike if that is okay with you." "I'll be there as soon as I've finished my rounds Joy." I thanked him and hung up. As I was walking back into the library I met Susan, she seemed to be rather excited about something. "Mum you have just got to see this it's amazing." she said as she grabbed my hand and guided me over to one of the small windows near the front door, what I could see out of the window was truly amazing, a very large truck had been parked on the gravel car park at the front of our house and the trailer of the truck actually seemed to be disassembling itself, Ruby appeared behind us. "It's based on the mobile labs used by the centre for disease control or CDC, once it is fully assembled and the generator is connected up I can start work on our little project, I also have the high-powered microscope and the CCTV attachment that you asked for, it will be taken to your workshop by one of my technicians shortly." I thanked Ruby, she just smiled and said. "If you can get that sample to me today I'll start growing cells for you to try and kill." I arranged with the housekeeper for Ruby and her technicians to stay in the guest wing, and went back into Matt's office, I made another call to my office for some equipment to help with my experiments, this would be delivered tomorrow morning. By this time, I was really quite exhausted once more so I decided to have a quick nap on one of the reclining chairs in the library. I was woken by both Susan and Dr Mike later that afternoon. "Hello Joy sorry to wake you." Said Dr mike, it took me a few seconds to regain my senses. "Uh Hello doctor, err I must have nodded off, where would you like me?" "Here will be just fine Joy, I can see a small tumour on your arm, just under the skin so I'll use that one if you don't mind." I agreed, he prepared the area and cleaned my arm, then very quickly performed what I believe to be called a needle biopsy, the removed material was passed over to Ruby who had been patiently waiting, she immediately left with her little piece of tumour safely inside a sample container, Doctor mike then cleaned my arm up and put a plaster on the skin covering the point of incision and then he asked. "How are you coping at the moment Joy do you need me to review your pain medication or anything?" "I'm coping doctor but only just, can I ask you a favour please?" he looked slightly awkward then said. "If I can Joy I will." "Can you put me back on my hormones please, I don't think being off them is going to suddenly cure me, do you?" Doctor Mike answered my request by immediately writing me a prescription for my beloved hormones, I thanked him and just as he was packing his bag to leave he said. "I hope whatever it is that you are doing is worth it Joy, I'll be back in a few days to check up on you and review your pain medication." The doctor let himself out and I nursed my sore arm. That evening I dressed for bed took my pain killers, replaced my nicotine patch and restarted my hormones (our driver had kindly cashed in my prescription for me). The very last thing I did before I fell asleep was to send an e-mail to Clive Andrews, the private investigator asking for a progress report, I slowly nodded off hugging 'Basil' my old teddy bear to my chest as I didn't have an Alice to hug. Chapter 5 The prototype. As I awoke the next day I was a little disoriented, It took me some time to realise that I was still alone, I suppose I had hoped that Alice would be there to give me a hug and a cuddle when I woke up. I turned to my old teddy and once again hugged him instead, I dressed casually once more and after taking my pain pills and replacing my nicotine patch I left for breakfast, this morning I met Ruby who was already in the dining room tucking into one of Dot's giant breakfasts, on noticing my arrival Dot quickly came through from the kitchen and delivered me my breakfast and a cup of tea, the tea tasted a little strange, Ruby could see my face twisting, she smiled as she spoke. "I'm sorry Joy I should have warned you, I heard from Mrs Burton your cook that you were having trouble keeping food down, so I suggested to her that adding a little Ginger may help." the taste was actually not that bad so I carried on drinking the ginger infusion, ginger with cereal was strange though, I just hoped that it would help. At around nine a delivery van from my little part of the Stevenson empire arrived, the equipment I had requested the previous day was taken directly down to my basement workshop, just as he was leaving one of the delivery drivers approached me and spoke. "Mrs Stevenson, could I speak with you please." I turned to him and said: "Yes of course you can, what can I help you with?" "One of the R&D lads collared me before I left the depot this morning and gave me this for you, he said you might be needing them." he passed me a small crumpled white paper packet, I thanked him and he left with his colleague. I stood there in the entrance hall looking at the small paper packet sitting in my hand, tears were slowly forming in my eyes. "Mum, are you okay?" I heard from a concerned sounding Susan who had noticed me as she was coming down the staircase from her rooms. "Yes princess, I'm okay, I have just had a really nice surprise that's all." Susan looked confused. "Look." I said as I held up the packet, this didn't really help her confusion. "Can't you see Susan, it's the best get well soon present I've ever had." I opened the packet and when she saw the contents, she understood fully and said. "Is that jelly babies? a whole packet, oh mum Martin must really like you." After offering Susan a jelly baby and having one myself I then asked her if she would like to assist me after breakfast, as there was rather a lot of setting up to do, she readily agreed, provided she could have more jelly babies. A little later that morning down in my basement workshop I busied myself building a very simple prototype following the design from the article that Susan had found the previous day, the simple circuit consisted of two transistors connected as a Darlington pair, the Darlington pair provided a large amount of gain which in turn provided a large voltage swing to a power FET (field effect transistor), the FET was connected to a coil (consisting of many turns of insulated copper wire wrapped around a plastic former and varnished in place), the circuit was then powered by a DC (Direct Current) 30Volt 25Amp variable Power supply, the input to the Darlington pair was then connected to my programmable function generator, I initially tested the circuit at a much lower power than it would normally be used at, and it appeared to work, or at least it did what I intended it to. Whilst I worked on my device Susan was working on the monitoring system for the experiment, (it seems that she has inherited my, love of all things technical and she until recently had regularly assisted me with projects in my workshop), Susan connected up a 16 channel digital video recorder (the type used for CCTV and video surveillance) and then with several lengths of coaxial cable connected the inputs of the digital video recorder to the video outputs of my digital oscilloscope and spectrum analyser, she also connected video cameras to the microscope, and one monitoring my test circuit, there was also a camera monitoring current and voltage drained by the circuit. By the time we had completed all of these tasks I was in considerable pain, as I had deliberately missed a dose of painkillers in order to keep my mind as clear as possible, I decided to skip lunch and have a nap, on the way to my room however I sneaked outside and had a cigarette, I noted whilst smoking it that this was only my third cigarette of the day, I realised to myself that the busier I was the less I smoked, I then started to regret my many weeks of wallowing in self-pity, slowly getting myself more and more hooked on cigarettes. Chapter 6 Missing Persons. I was woken with a start from my afternoon nap by my mobile phone ringing. I managed to answer it after some fumbling, it was Clive my private investigator, he told me that he had managed to acquire some CCTV footage from the building across the road from the hotel that proved that Alice had actually entered her hotel, this was strange as they had claimed that they had no record of her booking in, Clive advised me that I should report Alice as missing to the local police, and then also report her missing to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, Clive told me that he was going to attempt to acquire the CCTV footage from the hotel's camera's, he also advised me that neither I nor any other member of my family should travel to America at the moment, but he did not divulge why. I thanked Clive and hung up, I then immediately contacted the local police and the Foreign office, the police took my report very seriously and told me that they would be forwarding my information to the UK National Central Bureau of Interpol, the Foreign office reacted more slowly however and just said that they would look into it. After that I sat quietly on my bed looking at our favourite wedding photograph, Alice and I both looked so happy and carefree dressed in our wedding finery. I had a quiet little cry to myself as I looked at the photograph. I also quietly prayed that Clive would somehow find Alice safe and well. Later that afternoon I got a phone call from Matt, my father in law and Alice's father, he was horrified to find out that Alice was missing and offered to travel immediately to New York, I told him about Clive and his warning and suggested that he stay on board the Cruise ship with Iona and the twins until I could arrange some protection for them, he reluctantly agreed. I made several phone calls after my conversation with Matt and then cleaned my tear stained face before re-applying my makeup, I then opted for a nicotine gum instead of a cigarette, I also took a couple of painkillers. A few minutes later I was in the kitchen asking Dot if she could make me a little late lunch, I then realised as I was eating my sandwich that I had managed to keep hold of my breakfast today. "Hmm the ginger must be working." I said to myself. Chapter 7 Joy Versus Cancer (Round Two). Nothing really happened over the weekend, Ruby and her staff were now working around the clock in shifts, culturing and growing cancer cells for me to try and kill, I arranged via our London office for several private security contractors to discretely shadow Matt, Iona the twins and Stacy, I was slowly reducing my nicotine intake, but I still found that I really missed smoking. *** Unfortunately the pains in my body were increasing on a daily basis as the tumours grew and multiplied within me. On Monday morning after dressing I left my room wearing a light skirt and blouse, bare legs, and 2" wedge heeled shoes, I was not wearing my hated wig today but I was sporting a freshly shaved head (this morning I had noticed some thicker dark stubble, I wondered if my hair was finally starting to grow back), I made my way to the dining room. When I arrived Ruby was already there and was tucking into a giant fried breakfast, she looked towards me. "Good morning Joy, I've put some dishes containing cultured cells into the storage unit in your workshop, it's time for you to start zapping, I really do hope that you succeed." I thanked her and asked Dot for a snack to take out, as Dot was preparing it Ruby spoke again. "Would you mind if I took a DNA sample from you Joy as a reference?, I need to verify a theory I have." I agreed and as if by magic she produced a swab from her lab coat, she then proceeded to scrape some cells from the skin on the inside my mouth, Ruby then thanked me and asked for my permission to take a sample of Susan's DNA also, as she placed my swab into a sterile container and continued to eat her breakfast. In my workshop a little later, I placed the first of many little dishes containing my cancer under the microscope, I focussed it and for the first time could see the irregular little blighter's that were trying to kill me, I checked my equipment one last time and powered up, I set the function generator to generate a square wave and then set the frequency to 200 Khz, I programmed it to stay on each frequency for five seconds then increment by 10Hz and repeat, the DVR was turned on and checked that all of the cameras were working, the last thing I did was crank up the coil power up to maximum. Every three hours the process would be stopped, fresh cells added and the frequency sweep would be restarted from where it had finished on the previous sweep, slowly incrementing the frequency as it went. I had chosen a square wave as an input to my device as square waves are nasty noisy waves and produce lots of odd harmonics my reasoning for this was that it may not be one of the fundamental frequencies that worked in killing the cancer cells but one of the harmonics and a sine wave although pure did not really create a lot of harmonics. During the next few days live cells were replaced by more live cells, it was really quite disheartening to see live cancer cells on the screen when I changed the dishes but I persevered. During this time however I Was contacted once more by my private detective Clive, he had located the digital video recorder from the security room of the hotel that Alice was supposed to be staying at, unfortunately the hard drives had all been wiped, I instructed him that if he could manage it, he should remove the hard drives from the digital video recorder and replace them with new blank ones and then send them back to me, he reluctantly agreed. Meanwhile late one afternoon after four disheartening days of unsuccessful frequency sweeps, I entered my workshop and noticed that almost all of the cells showing on the on the monitor had fractured, this was a good sign, I cautiously reviewed the CCTV footage and noted down the frequency that the cells fractured at and from the spectrum analyser the harmonic frequencies that were generated also. I placed a new dish of cells under the microscope and set the frequency to the one I had noted down, when I applied power to the circuit to my astonishment the cells under the microscope started to very quickly rupture. After a while I had checked all the harmonic frequencies, fortunately for me, it was the base frequency that had caused the cells to rupture. As I didn't really have anything to lose any more I decided to experiment upon myself with my home made device, I held the emitter against my left breast for a few minutes, after a while I started to feel quite nauseous, so I turned off the emitter. I left my workshop and made my way back up to our rooms, I decided to lie on our bed until I felt a little better, I closed my eyes. The next thing I remember was when Susan woke me "Mum, Mum wake up." I woke with a start. "I'm sorry Susan I must have nodded off what time is it?" she looked at me and said "No one has seen you since yesterday, I was getting worried about you Mum." It seemed that I had slept almost fourteen hours, I also now had a banging headache and I really needed to pee, I excused myself and went into the bathroom, I sat down to pee, as the flow started I noted that it actually stung a little today and although I now had very little control of my stream now I loved it, as it reminded me that I was no longer the boy that had come to live here several years ago and that I was a woman now and proud of it, once I finished I wiped myself and pulled my panties back up, then just before I flushed I noticed my pee in the bowl, it was very strong and dark, I made a mental note to get a sample for analysis next time I had a pee, I re-entered our room Susan was still there. "I just need to check something Susan I tried something yesterday and want to see if it has had an effect." I said, Susan looked on as I removed my blouse and undid my bra, I examined my left breast and noticed that there was a slight reddening of the tissue around the area of the tumour and to my eyes the tumour did not appear to be Quite as big as it had been, more reassuringly Susan also commented "Mum, that lump on your boob looks a little smaller today." I agreed. "I tried my machine on myself yesterday Susan it made me feel very unwell but I think that it might have worked a little" Susan looked a little worried. "I hope so mummy I really do." A few minutes later I decided to have a shower, today however I did not shave my head as I looked to be getting a rather strong growth of dark stubble on my head, once finished I patted myself dry and then put on a touch of light make-up to give my face some colour and dressed, I placed a slightly weaker Nicotine patch on my arm and took a painkiller, then wandered downstairs for breakfast. At breakfast I decided that as I was feeling rather thirsty I had two glasses of ice cold milk and a cup of Dot's ginger tea, I also had two slices of toast with marmalade, Ruby was sitting quietly observing me. "I must say Joy that you appear to have quite an appetite today, is the ginger helping at all?" she said as I munched through my second slice of toast. "Yes Ruby the Ginger does take the edge of my nausea and I think it may also be because I believe that I managed to murder some of those pesky little cancer cells yesterday." Ruby looked at me quizzically and asked me. "So Are you going to let me into your little secret then Joy, how did you 'murder' them, what happened to them?" I suggested that the best way to show her would be for me to give Ruby a demonstration and actually kill some fresh cells, so shortly afterwards we both left for my workshop. As soon as we arrived I took a dish containing fresh cancer cells out of storage and placed it under the microscope, Ruby could see the cells clearly, I then turned on my home made emitter and started to crank up the amplitude and before our eyes the many little cells started to quickly rupture, Ruby actually gasped, she looked at me then the screen and after a few seconds all the cells on the sample dish had expired, I then explained how I had found the resonant frequency of the cells and that they just seemed to self destruct when the amplitude of the resonant wave was high enough. "I've heard of doctors using ultrasound to dissolve kidney stones Joy but this is a new one on me But it does seem to be very effective." I then said "And that's with the emitter at amplitude level three." Ruby then asked if she could try something before I continued my experiments, I agreed she then wandered off to her mobile lab and after about five minutes came back into my workshop carrying a large refrigerated storage container. "Using the exact same settings as you have just used can you try and destroy the cells in these these samples for me please." so over the next two hours I tried unsuccessfully to destroy any of her samples even on the highest setting, I was really disappointed as I thought I had failed. I was however also now feeling feel very unwell. "I'm sorry, it looks as though I've failed Ruby I really thought I was onto something.." Ruby however did not look the least bit dejected though, she smiled at me and said. "I'm actually rather glad you Didn't kill any of my other samples Joy, as they were all normal human tissue samples, Heart, Liver, Kidney skin and others, so your clever little device only seems to be killing the cancer cells. Although I don't yet understand the mechanism that causes the cells to rupture.." I started to brighten up at this point and asked Ruby a question. "Does my device make you feel ill Ruby?, because every time I switch it on I start to feel ill after a few minutes and at the moment I feel decidedly queasy?" Ruby pondered this for a few seconds and said. "No Joy I feel absolutely fine, but then again I don't have cancer do I?, I think that what may be happening is when the cells rupture and die they are poisoning your body, they should however be quite quickly cleaned from your blood stream and passed in your urine, maybe you should increase your liquid intake whilst you are using the device. Was your pee stronger than usual this morning?? I answered her truthfully. ?Yes it was rather strong this morning, but I felt much better after one of my painkillers and a drink.? She rummaged through her large bag and produced a small plastic test tube with a lid. ?Here take this, next time you pee, fill this and either give it to me or one of my technicians.? I took the small plastic tube, I was currently wondering how I was going to fill the tube without making a mess considering my modified plumbing didn't have the directional jet capability that my original plumbing had. About an hour later I supplied a sample to Ruby in her laboratory. I smiled as I said. ?Next time, could you provide me with a funnel please?? I joked as I passed the small test tube of rather dark looking liquid over to Ruby. Chapter 8 Martin. (The Knockout Blow) During the next few days I continued to use my home-made device on myself sometimes two or three times a day, the visible tumour on my left breast was significantly reduced by this time. I still felt dizzy and nauseous when I used the device, but I persevered. I also took to drinking lots of water and milk throughout the day; I also started reducing my pain medication slightly and increasing the gaps between doses. I was for the first time in what seemed like ages starting to feel a little more like me again. One morning just after I had woken as I stood naked looking at my body in our full length mirror I noticed that my eyebrows were starting to grow back in, this surprisingly made me feel very happy indeed and I noticed myself smile as I traced them with my finger. Unfortunately, there had been no more news from Clive, I was now starting to worry about him also. Matt had wisely decided to keep a low profile, and was extending his holiday with his wife and our adventurous twins, I was advised to suspend all of Alice?s bank accounts and her access to company finances and files this I did immediately with one exception, I left her credit card several thousand pounds in credit. As I usually did in the mornings I dressed before breakfast, this time however I took a little extra time on my make-up, I think I just wanted to try and feel pretty once more, once finished I looked into the mirror on our vanity and gently traced my fingers over my cheek and noticed that I no longer had the tell-tale stains on my fingers that marked me as a smoker, if only the rest of me was recovering as fast I thought to myself. I slipped on a pair of ballet flats and made my way down to breakfast. As I was catching my breath at the bottom of the main staircase before going into the dining room I heard the doorbell ring so as nobody else was about I decided to answer it myself and as I opened the front door a very cheery postman passed me a parcel ?You?ll need to sign for it Luv, have you been buying stuff on eBay then?? asked the Postman and I as I signed for it on his little gizmo, I noticed that it had been sent from America, just before I closed the front door, in the distance I noticed two people walking up our driveway, as they got closer I could see it was Martin and his lovely mum!, I smiled to myself and waited for them, when they finally reached the front door I invited them both in, I was especially pleased to see Martin. ?I'm really sorry about this Mrs Stevenson, but Martin has been becoming increasingly worried about you and insisted that he came over to see you, so he took today off from work and we came over on the bus, I hope that you don?t mind?? I smiled at them both and said. ?I don?t mind at all, that was a really kind thought from both of you, would you like to join me? I was just about to have a little breakfast.? I ushered them both into the dining room after taking their coats and hanging them up by the front door. ?I hope you have brought me some jelly babies Martin my stocks have run out?? he smiled shyly. As I entered the dining room, I could see Susan, Ruby, and three of her technicians at the dining table already, I showed Martin and his Mum to their seats. *** Shortly afterwards Dot came in and took their food orders (Dot really was loving all of the extra work that my unexpected guests had brought), As I was feeling surprisingly good this morning I actually had a sausage sandwich. After breakfast, I asked Susan if she would like to Accompany Martin?s mum for a walk around our grounds and possibly even on a shopping trip in town a little later, she readily agreed, I turned to Martin and asked him if he would like to come down to my workshop and see what I had been working on, he just nodded. I showed Martin down into the basement to my small workshop, I then showed him my experimental device and how I was using it to destroy the cancer cells in a dish, he liked that and as I appeared to have piqued his interest he actually started to ask me questions about my project, this made me very happy. ?Um how are you treating yourself with your widget?? he asked, I then explained that I was just sort of waving it around my body until I started to feel unwell, his response was typical Martin. ?That's a bit random, I'm sure I could make something that could do it better.? I knew Martin could not help his manner, (I also knew he was correct) but still I did feel slightly insulted, I then asked him what he would do to improve my prototype, as I had hoped Martin then launched into a detailed description of exactly what he would do and what improvements he would make. Martin explained that I should lie motionless on a bed, similar to a tanning bed, under me there would be an emitter that would be able to scan me lengthways at high speed, and above me another emitter that would scan across my body at high speed, he then offered me a jelly baby. Martin then spent the next couple of hours before lunch on one of my laptops producing some very detailed drawings of the mechanics, belt drives and servos that would be required for the scanning mechanisms, whilst I listened to him I used my device on myself, I was very impressed at the detail that martin had managed to provide in such a short time when I looked at his diagrams. ?Would you be able to make this for me Martin?? I asked, he looked at me and said. ?Can't see why not.? he paused and then said. ?I'm hungry.? I smiled and took him upstairs for some lunch, I left Martin with Dot, and went up to our room, I needed to have a pee, a drink and a lie down in that order as I now felt rotten. I woke roughly two hours later feeling much better, freshened myself up and went back downstairs, Susan was in the library talking animatedly to Martins mum about School, I joined them as I could see that Dot had provided cakes and tea on the table in front of them. I greeted them both and sat down, I asked Susan where Martin was. ?Oh, he took his sandwiches and went back down to your workshop Mummy, he said that he had an idea he was mumbling something about super capacitors and ferrite resonators, I hope that is okay?? I grabbed a cake from the stand and started to nibble on it absent mindedly. ?I have to thank you for bringing Martin along today Err 'Martin's mum' he's been a great help.? I realised that I didn't actually know her name, I felt so embarrassed, she just smiled and said. ?Martin has been quite worried about you; he wanted to do something to help, he really loves working with you in the research department and I think he really misses you when you?re not there, oh and please call me Brenda.? After a few minutes, I got up from my comfy chair and said. ?I suppose I'd better go and see what young Martin is up to then, I hope you don't mind entertaining Brenda for a little longer Susan?? she smiled: ?Of course I don't Mum can I borrow a driver please, so we can go into town?? I smiled and nodded at Susan. I left for my workshop whilst still eating my cake. As I entered the workshop I noticed, from the noise of the extractor fan and the smoke rising from the tip of my soldering iron, that Martin had been rather busy and from the look of it he'd modified my hand-held emitter?s electronics. ?It?s got much more power now, I've used a micro controller board to generate the frequencies and I'm pulsing the signal, and modulating it at the same time look.? he put a dish of cells under the microscope, I could see many healthy cancer cells, Martin switched on the power, and almost instantly they all ruptured, I was amazed. ?What?s this bit for Martin?? I said whilst pointing at a small metal box between the power supply and the modified emitter ?Your power supply was having a little trouble coping with the current spikes and was starting to create parasitic oscillations on the 5 Volt rail so I?ve used several super capacitors connected in parallel to buffer the supply rail and extra decoupling capacitors on the chips.? ?So that will increase the power rather a lot Martin?? ?Yes, but the emitter now gets quite hot to the touch so I have limited it.? ?Ah, wise move.? ?Can I download the new settings to the company?s shared drive please; so I can make some new and more powerful emitters for you?? I simply nodded my head. ?And can I build you a cancer killing bed?? he hesitated then said ?Joy, please?? I looked at this this wonderful young man and just said. ?Yes Martin, anything you need, just ask.? ?I need my workshop and lots of bits.? so after a rather short stunted conversation I contacted our business in Teesside and told them to assist Martin with his new project and to give him anything he needed. Later that afternoon I got our driver to take Martin and his mum back to their home in Stockton. As I was standing at the door watching the car go down the drive I remembered the small well wrapped package that had arrived this morning, I closed the door and picked it up and took it with me into the library. Upon opening it I found two hard drives with a short note 'hard drives from hotel, hope you can find something useful on them', it was just signed Clive. I immediately contacted a data retrieval company that we had used to resurrect lost data from a damaged hard drive on Matt's laptop a few months previously, they told me that they would send a driver to pick the drives up straight away, I went into the dining room and asked Dot if she would make me a sandwich and a cup of tea, Dot seemed very pleased that I was eating more and slightly overdid my snack. Chapter 9 The Poacher. It was now nearly a month since Alice's mysterious disappearance in New York. Although I tried not to show it to our staff and visitors, I was almost frantic with worry and sometimes I just sat on our bed and looked at our wedding photo, hoping that when I turned I would once again see her smiling face looking back at me. I longed to kiss her lips and hug her again, I was truly miserable without her, fortunately our oldest daughter, Susan, was doing a great job of keeping my spirits up and helping me whenever she could. I woke up on a rather sunny Sunday morning and stretched, I still ached as I stretched that morning but nowhere near as bad as I had done previously, my pain medication easily controlled my aches now, I was only using nicotine gum to control my urge to smoke, (I did sometimes sneak a cigarette or three but I didn't need them any more just to function). I removed my night shirt and examined myself in the mirror, I was still painfully thin and dangerously underweight but I had also gained a little weight and I was very happy that I could no longer see the tumour on my breast and that some of the other visible lumps and bumps were receding, I decided to myself that today I would like to dress up a little. I had a long shower and then patted myself dry with one of our large bath towels, I found a lovely pair of lace panties and a matching bra, my breasts did not really fill the cups any more due to my weight loss but today I didn't really care I pulled on a pair of skin-tone tights and a half slip, I then found one of Alice's favourite summer dresses and stepped into it, I completed my dressing with a lovely pair of ballet flats. I looked in the mirror, smiled and thought to myself I?m starting to look like me again. I then sat in front of the vanity unit and carefully applied my make-up, I lined my eyes and added a little mascara, I also used my eyebrow pencil to give my now growing eyebrows a little colour and shape, I didn't bother with powder but did put on a little lipstick. I looked at myself in the mirror and smiled, the overall effect was not unpleasant, it would probably take quite a while to get my former looks back I thought to myself. I left our rooms shortly afterwards for some breakfast. At breakfast, I chatted with Susan about school as I ate my cereal and then I went down to my basement workshop, I used my modified emitter until I felt quite poorly then I went up to one of the guest rooms on the ground floor for a couple of hours? rest. Once I was rested, and had a couple of trips to the loo, I felt much better and then went into the library to do some paperwork. As I was staring aimlessly out the window of the library at the grounds, I noticed Daniel the gamekeeper and his dog in the distance, I then decided that today I would attempt something that only a couple of weeks ago, I would never have dreamt of doing, I would go for a short walk. I left the house soon afterwards after putting on a warm coat and I slowly strolled through the woods towards the lake, I held my hand out a little and imagined to myself that Alice was holding it, I smiled as I remembered Alice and I pushing our babies in their buggies along this path to the lake, and how happy we both were together then. After a while I arrived at our favourite spot, it was a small rocky outcrop just above the lake, Alice and I used to sit here for hours in each other?s arms and just hold each other whilst we watched the view. Today unfortunately it was just me, as I sat and looked down at the lake, tears started to form in my eyes and I started so sob quietly to myself. Just as I was drying my eyes with a small handkerchief, before I headed back to the house I heard what sounded like a low groan coming from the thicket to my right, I looked over but could not see anything, then I heard another groan, I moved hesitantly over towards the sound, but still could not see anything, then a section of the undergrowth appeared to move. I moved back a little and looked around to see if I could catch someone?s attention. I could see Daniel walking up the path towards me with his dog so I gestured to him and he came towards me at speed. ?What can I do for you Miss?? he asked, I pointed towards the thicket and said. ?There's something or someone in there Daniel, it groaned.? without hesitation he made his way into the thicket as his dog stood guard next to me and after a few seconds I heard ?Gotcha.? Daniel then appeared to be dragging the undergrowth out with him, he smiled at me and said ?Crafty one this, he's wearing a ghillie suit.? ?he's probably blind drunk otherwise you may never have seen him let's see who he is shall we?? Daniel removed a portion of the ghillie suit and was a little surprised. ?Hmm I don?t recognise him Miss, he's not one of the locals.? I noticed on his arm there was a dark stain that had come through onto his clothing it was blood he appeared to have hurt himself, I pointed this out to Daniel and he pulled the ghillie suit down a little further to reveal a large nasty looking gash just below our mystery poacher?s shoulder. ?He's injured Daniel look.? Daniel started as if he were about to say something then suddenly stopped, turned pale and looked over at me. ?We have to help him miss? he picked up the unconscious man in his large arms. ?Please miss can we help him?? I looked puzzled at Daniel normally he would just have just called the police and let them deal with a poacher but he looked genuinely concerned for this man. ?I think he may be ex-military miss he needs our help.? I then remember once Being told by Matt that sometimes Military men found it difficult to reintegrate with society after leaving the armed forces and a lot became vagrants and tramps, my father in law was the patron of several charities that helped ex-servicemen. I Immediately instructed Daniel to take the man back up to the house, I followed behind Daniel at a much slower pace, curiously Daniels large dog stayed with me almost as if he was watching over me. I took the opportunity whilst I was walking back to the house to contact Dr Mike on my mobile phone, I told him that we had found an injured man on the estate and asked him if he could attend him, Dr mike then said he would be there as soon as he could. I eventually reached the house, I was completely exhausted and had a mini coughing fit that surprisingly cleared my chest a little of some rather unpleasant looking phlegm. I sat down in the entrance hallway to recover, Dot brought me a hot sugary drink and a snack, she had told Daniel to put the man on one of the guest beds. ?Why do you want to help him so much Daniel?? I asked as I entered the guest room where Daniel was almost standing guard over the unkempt bearded man, he pointed to the top of his arm, I could see a small tattoo, it looked like a sword cutting two waves, it also had the words 'by strength and guile' as a banner underneath, I looked at Daniel blankly. ?I think he may have once been in our special forces miss, I believe he was in The Special Boat Service, it certainly explains why I have has so much trouble locating him, the SBS helped us out of a very tricky situation once when I was serving in Iraq.? I nodded knowingly at Daniel and made a mental note to look the Special Boat Service up on the internet later. Doctor Mike arrived shortly after, and diagnosed that the wound on our poacher's arm was badly infected, as he cleaned the wound he explained. ?Not good, not good at all Joy.? I asked Dr Mike what the problem was and he showed me. ?Can you see here Joy, around the wound, the little red tracks running down his arm, his wound is badly infected and the infection is now travelling he almost certainly has blood poisoning, he should really be in hospital, I will give him antibiotics now and call for an ambulance if you don't mind.? I agreed with him and said. ?I feel responsible for him Dr Mike as he was on our land, please look after him for me.? Soon our unconscious mystery poacher was whisked off by ambulance to the local hospital for urgent treatment, Doctor Mike who had stayed behind turned to me and said. ?Joy it's been a little while since I last visited you, how are you feeling, do you need any more pain medication?? I answered him honestly and said. ?No Doctor Mike, actually I'm feeling slightly better at the moment I even went for a walk earlier down to the lake, that's where I found the poacher.? ?Hmm.? Said Dr Mike as he eyed me sceptically. ?And I have been taking slightly less painkilling medication for the last few days too.? I decided that it might not be a good idea to tell him about my alternative therapy, he carried on looking at me sceptically. ?And your smoking, have you managed to cut down anymore?? ?Yes, Dr Mike, I'm still wearing a patch sometimes and chew the nicotine gum, but I'm usually only smoking a couple a day now.? ?Do you have anyone who could sit in with me whilst I give you a quick examination Joy?? I suggested Dot and he agreed. A few minutes later I was undressing in our room. I put a thin silk robe on over my semi naked frame and asked Dr Mike to enter, both Dr Mike and Dot entered my room, Dr Mike put on a pair of latex gloves and asked me to disrobe, I could see that Dot was a little shocked by my emaciated body, Dr Mike examined me and was paying particular attention to where my tumours were visible under the surface of my skin, he a little seemed uneasy at my condition. ?Joy your visible tumours somehow appear to have reduced in size since my last examination.? I smiled and said. ?I hope that you are giving me good news Doctor?? he wasn't smiling: ?My most pressing question is, why have your tumours reduced? I'm not an oncologist but they usually only grow especially when they didn?t respond to Chemotherapy.? he pondered this for a moment and told me. ?Joy I need you to come to hospital for another scan, would tomorrow afternoon be okay for you? oh I'll also need a urine sample from you too.? he looked at his diary and then asked ?How about 14:00?? I nodded my head and asked: ?I hope I wo