When the Signal Died, so Did Our Love
Just when I couldn't take the uncertainty anymore, the hospital room door swung open.
He was out of breath with a bouquet of pink carnations in hand. Cupping my face, he smiled and said, "Rose, I've come to see you. I'll take you home once you get discharged."
In an instant, all the pain I had bottled up for so long finally burst forth. Throwing my arms around him, I sobbed my heart out.
From that day on, we officially became a couple. And so began our five-year long-distance relationship.
Throughout those five years, Tyler came to see me every single month, even though we were in different countries and thousands of miles apart.