35 “I am sorry. There’s nothing we could do.” Those words were the ones I feared the most. I never wanted to hear them, ever and with every surgery he had, I prayed so hard so he would make it. But this one, I did not see this coming. It did not prepare me at all. “Try again!! Try again!!! Get the best doctor you have!!! You have to save him!!! Save my grandpa!!!” I wanted to scream. I was crying, but there was no sound coming out of my mouth. It hurts. It hurts so much. Please, please, someone tell me this is not happening. Please!! Anyone!!!! “Anne!!!” Those familiar voices dragged me out of my drowning pain. It’s Becky and Alec. Becky dropped her bag and ran to me. “I am so sorry.” She said, but I didn’t hear any words. It’s like she was mouthing them. I looked at Alec, and he was

