Invisible Wife, Undying Love

to the smell

y. She was alone. Her body ached, a dull, throbbin

xpression a mixture of

. Honestly, donating that much blood when you

d a weak smile. Wh

u're lucky. You can be discharged this aft

overheard her talking to a

rom donating blood for his ex, and h

the whole time. He's so devoted to her. I

wife... she just lie

out the window, watching a lon

nd went. Cameron

t of the hospital. She had to walk past

was sligh

more tender than she had ever seen it. He was peeling an apple for her, his movements careful an

ar kind of pain. She t

ess like a home and more like a museum

ds were trembling too much. The porcelain cup slipp

e her. A single, hot tear rolle

edge sliced her finger. The bright red blood

ed, the name a painfu

being clumsy, how he would gently take things from he

od up, taking a deep breath. Almost

you crying

n stood in the doorway, his arms cro

blood, fainting, now this? Do you ev

outh to argue, b

ld you a thousand times. I wil

e dropping to the floor.

noy him even more. A mus

d, but then he did something that stunned her. He strode f

ut his voice, when he

iot. You shou

laid her on the bed in her room, a roo

nfully similar to Jessie's. The s

she reached out an

r voice small and weak. "

f something-was it temptation?-crossed his face

rang, the shrill tone

a. Her voice, weak and fragi

cared. Can yo

a brief, fleeting moment

understood. She l

her voice flat.

out, his fingers brushing against he

ck later,"

ked out of the room wi

n't co