No, Riley did not actually have leukemia; her father Cooper fabricated the severe medical diagnosis as a manipulative, emotional ruse to secure front-row tickets to a massive pop concert starring Lady Raven, which he knew would be heavily targeted by law enforcement as part of an FBI sting operation to catch him. Cooper used the fake illness story to manipulate his daughter and her mother, ensuring they would attend the concert together so he could use them as human shields and cover while evading police detection. The heartbreaking lie is exposed during the film when the truth unravels to his family.
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