Prologue
•pov: Unknow•
She is so beautiful..
I look at my wife and try to forget, even for a few minutes, that she is lying in the colorless hospital bed. I left my daughter with her grandparents so as not to overwhelm her with the sight of her dying mother.
I don't know how life will continue, but I will do everything to ensure that my daughter can live as normally as possible.
Suddenly my wife leans up. I try to stop her again, but she won't let me.
"You and I know very well that this will be my last day. So please don't tell my girl how it came to be that I had to leave her. Just tell our princess that my body wasn't what it used to be." She breaks off and wipes the tears from her cheek.
"Tell her I didn't want to leave her.. willingly. And be sure to let her know that I will always be with her and that I will love her forever."
She gathers what feels like her last strength.
"Be strong for both of you. I beg you dearest promise me, no, swear to me that you'll grant me these last wishes."
I nod and look my great love in the eye one last time. I hold her in my arms and never want to let her go. But I notice how life is slowly leaving her.
I rock her back and forth in my arms, crying, feeling the spark of hope that she'll be okay slowly dying, leaving back an ugly chill inside of me.
But I also know that she will be happier where she is led than here near danger.
"Don't leave me, please don't leave me..."
I whisper over and over again.
When I felt her heart stop beating, I put her back on the bed.
I'm still holding her hand and I'm not even thinking about letting go of it for a second.
I still have lukewarm tears streaming down my face with the goal of never stopping.
But I promised her to be strong.
For me and my princess.
One last look that will be the last memory with her. One last moment with the love of my life, my daughter's mother, before I turn my back on her forever and walk through the door to fight for the future of my beloved daughter.