Before the last word left her lips, her hand fell limp. She lost consciousness.The red light above the emergency room stayed on for thirteen hours straight.I sat in the wheelchair. The blood on my hands had long since dried, crusted and flaking like rust.Dr. Langford tried to get me to rest, but I sat there like a statue, my eyes locked on those closed doors.It was only at that moment that I had to admit the truth. No matter how many times I told myself I wanted nothing more to do with her, when she was actually dying in front of me, the pain in my chest was more than I could bear.At 5:00 AM, the emergency room doors finally opened. The attending physician stepped out, exhaustion carved into every line of his face."She made it."Three days later, Nicole was transferred from the ICU into a regular room.When she woke up, I was sitting beside her bed.The moment she saw me, the hollow look in her eyes lit up in an instant. However, a second later, she shrank under the cove
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