Once the anesthesia wore off, the pain in my abdomen became unbearable. Night after night, I couldn't sleep. I hid beneath the blankets and cried silently by myself.
The hospital was too quiet, so quiet it terrified me.
Suddenly, thunder exploded outside the window. Rain began pouring down against the glass.
And without warning, I remembered the first year Lucas and I were together. Back then, he was still an unknown medical student preparing to assist in his first surgery.
He had been nervous out of his mind. That day, it had rained just as heavily as this. I rushed across the city to accompany him before his exam and got into a car accident on the way.
By the time the ambulance rushed me to the hospital, I had already lost so much blood that the doctors nearly couldn't save me.
Luc
