Caught Between Love and Loss

“So a few months ago, my girlfriend of two years suddenly broke up with me.

No explanation—just said she ‘needed space’ and disappeared from my life overnight. I was completely

heartbroken, but I tried to move on. Last week, her best friend

messaged me asking to meet. She looked stressed the second she saw me.

She goes, ‘She didn’t leave because she stopped loving you. She left because

she thought you deserved better.’ Apparently, my ex had found out she might have

a serious medical condition, and instead of telling me, she convinced herself

that leaving would make things easier for me. But here’s the part that tore me apart—