Ten minutes later the two friends were seated by the sick girl’s side. She was lying on a mat under an umbrella tree in their house’s courtyard. Tears flowed freely. David felt she looked even more beautiful than ever in those tears. He loved him even more.
‘David, I didn’t know that I was suffering from this condition, please understand and forgive me,’ she said between the tears.
He could not hold back. Like a possessed man, he stooped down and raised her to his arms. ‘Whatever the case, Lucy I love you,’ he said holding her tightly as if fearing somebody or something will snatch her away. Their clothes were soaked in their tears.
‘I love you too, but I am afraid it will not work out,’ she whispered.
‘The condition is treatable my love, so there is nothing to fear,’ he said looking a
