While I Was Dying, He Watched Fireworks With Her

d through the st

dic said to Ashley Cooper. "You need an emergency bypa

reached Ashley through the inten

gencies," another paramedic said. "Tell him

ok effort. "Patrick... They found a serious blockage in one of my coronary arteries. I need eme

to believe this? Making up something this ridiculous just to force me to

Ashley's voic

ashes of light filled the window. Fireworks exploded across the

ebb's cheerful voice so

or the birthday firew

ey f

woman he had never truly forgotten. She h

He was not too busy to come to the hospi

chest. Her breathing became even more difficu

ago, she could not remember Patric

iked most, hoping to please him. His response

ver, she stayed awake the entire night. By the

least you know how to fulfill your res

trick's face had remained unrea

even looked in

rget. His solution was always the same: transfer three thousand

questioned why she cont

d imagine, yet he treated his wife's birthday like

hley wanted from the Cooper family. Sh

ive years. The Cooper family knew she was his wife, but beyond th

lly saw their marriage clearly. Patrick's treatment of her had nev

and everything around her sl

d the front of the ambulance. "Go faster! She's crashing. We can't wait for her emerg

goes wrong?" another voice

her lif

hum. A sudden, searing pain shot through her head, and

g returne

ly, one of the four most infl

much time had passed wh

her chest. She managed to lift her head a little and noticed the vi

rgery was successful. You'll need to stay away from strenuous

dded quietly, "I still can't understand how we couldn't reach even o

r, and her eyes remained swollen

without his intervention,

as unnecessary. Keeping patients alive

. Throughout, she kept waiting for Patrick to call. She th

no call came. Not ev

on her phone were reports

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d just how much Patrick wa

ization hurt

scharged, Ashle

ck appeared. Without warning, he caught her by the wrist

n a dark, dangerous voice. "Did you run off with another

shley's healing chest. For a moment, she

ckly turned her head aside. The smell of

id, fighting to keep her tears from falling. "

did not shrink

re still my wife, Ashley," he said. "Don't forget that. I'm warnin

ness or consideration, as though humiliating her was the entire poi

ad never

rks for the woman he had never managed to forget. After she disappeared f

e any reason for every

sound escaped her before she could suppress i

pale, but her decision was firm. She lifted her hand and str