Goodbye, My Love

Loraine’s heart ached at the sight, her worry mirroring the anxiety she felt while waiting outside Rowan’s emergency room.

Anxiously, she asked, “How is he? Will he be okay?”

The nurse smiled and said, “He was grazed by a bullet. Your boyfriend was lucky that he didn’t get directly shot.”

Boyfriend?

A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y

Loraine hesitated but chose not to correct the nurse, allowing her to continue tending to the wound.

applied iodine and disinfected the injury, Marco winced slightly. Loraine clutched her clothes, appearing more pained than

a kind smile and joked, “It’s all right. Your boyfriend is tough enough to handle this.

knew Marco’s tendency to bear pain and refuse hospitalization so she agreed on

use his arm these days and should make sure to keep the wound

listened carefully, her eyebrows raising in surprise. “Okay, I

realization hit her-would she be the one to

over and saw

instructing Loraine and Marco what to do and what not to do, the nurse led them to

only the infusion bottle’s slow drip and their collective breath could

glaring eyes, Loraine cleared her throat and asked, “What can I do for you? If you don’t need my

in his eye, Marco said hoarsely, “Loraine, wait. I need you

on earth did