Love, even after
“I still love you Daisy, I never – I never stopped loving you”
‘I love you too’
“Daisy, I love you so much – so so very much, it hurts”
‘me too, even now’
There was a sharp pain – and she caught her breath, ‘it hurts’, she wanted to say, but couldn’t.
The nurses have long taken off the machine and the IV connected to Daisy, only the oxygen now and the heart monitor, who beeps too low – too low.
“I love you Daisy, I will always love you – I love you, I love you, I love you” she heard Albert chant the words as if it’s a prayer – it probably is, to all the gods they both knew.
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