"well," Ernie said slowly, thinking about it. "Okay, so if there is a cure, we'll be back in this position. But if they don't, we're pretty much in the clear until they figure out that I've been lying. It'll buy us time at least." He shrugged.
"Its the only thing we can do really." Ernie said with a sigh. He didn't know what his family would do once they found out he was sick, or even worse what they would do when they found out he had lied about it, but he would cross that bridge later.