You can't completely shield him from the blow, though. Sam closed his eyes when he replayed Alexis' words over in his head. He knew she was right but hearing it out loud was enough to make him feel like he was going to vomit again. But as sick as he was feeling, he knew how easily he could let Alexis slip through his fingers here and he couldn't let that happened. "Not intentionally, darling. I promise you that. If there's one thing I'd never want any of my family to go through, it's what I went through losing Michelle and my son. I would sell my soul if I could've spared them that. That includes you, Lex. I know this is treatable and there's good odds but it's still cancer. Right now, I can't tell if I just feel sick or like my whole world was just ripped out from under me. I'm not meaning to push you away. I just don't feel well enough to figure out what the next move should be. I kind of just want to feel like shit for awhile and go to sleep. I just want to be able to spare you all from any of this. That's all."