A Bet That Changed My Life
There was just a dry, heavy silence.
As I was about to hang up, he suddenly said, “Ruth, the doctors say I have cancer. I don’t have long to live.”
I responded softly, “Then make the most of your time.”
The next second, he choked back a sob and started crying on the phone. Finn had always been a proud and arrogant man. I couldn’t imagine anything that would make him cry.
He asked me, “Ruth, if I hadn’t gone abroad back then, do you think we’d be married by now?”