Gray murmured.
“You never explored the property?” Luke asked as he double-checked to make sure the blanket was still covering Gray as much as possible. Although the temperature was well above freezing, he knew Gray’s body couldn’t afford to lose too much body heat. He checked his watch so he’d be able to keep track of the time.
“No.”
“How come?”
“Too preoccupied I guess.”
“You knew you were sick when you came out here?” Luke ventured.
Gray nodded. “I got the diagnosis a couple of months ago. I’d felt something one morning in the shower but I kept putting off a visit to my doctor.” Gray’s laugh sounded ugly. “I was such a fool…I actually thought nothing could touch me. I thought I’d climbed so high that nothing could take me down. And then the doctor throws out the C word and the first thing I did was call him a quack.
