Alle Kapitel von My Heart beats in him: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 4

Anna hated hospitals for one reason; the smell of drugs. It made her want to puke.The fluorescent lights were too bright. The silence between the beeping machines echoed within her head. Her cold feet grasping the floor like that of a lizard.Every step felt like walking deeper into a place where hope slowly died.Tonight, Anna had no choice.Her mother was dying.Out of fear, her hands started shaking as she opened that white envelope that held her mother's result.It read, “End-stage kidney failure. She needs a transplant immediately.”“Immediately???”That word had destroyed whatever fragile calm she had left. Inside the ward, her mother lay on the bed, small and under the stiff white sheets. Her gleaming brown skin had almost turned gray and her breathing came in shallow, uneven bursts. “Mom”, Anna said while forcing a smile as she entered the ward. Her mother turned her head weakly and smiled. Even now, she tried to look strong. “You're back”. She whispered. “Did the doctor s

Mourning someone can make time look like a doodle. Some days feel long and heavy, like the clock has stopped. Other days pass so fast that Anna barely notices them.Three weeks had passed since the surgery.Three weeks since her mother died.But Anna felt stuck on that day.She saw the uncompleted scarf her mother was knitting before she had gotten sick.“You didn't keep to your promise…how could you mom?.” She said as tears rolled down her cheeksHer mother left the needles and pins stick in the soft yarn.Anna touched the wool mildly.She could not bring herself to move it.Silence echoed in the apartment. No humming from the kitchen. The radio that once played country music was no more. No voice calling her name from the other room.Just silence.For a second, she thought she heard someone moving in the hallway, but nothing was there.Her chest hurt again.Anna placed her hand over her chest with despair.The pain had been coming and going for days now.At first she thought it was