His Final Wish Said He Settled for Me, So Reborn, I Left novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: A Dream He Shouldn't Have
The coffee in my left hand went cold.
"A stairwell," I said.
"With a green railing. Concrete steps, painted yellow at the edge."
His voice shook, and he made it stop.
"I'm in a bed somewhere, in a room with a window that doesn't open."
He breathed.
"You walk out. I hear your shoes going down the stairs, and I can't get up to follow."
I did not move.
Behind me, the clinic door opened an inch, and I knew without turning that it was Maxwell.
I lifted two fingers without looking back, and the door stayed where it was.
"There's more," Calvin said. "Isn't there? There's applesauce, and a cup of ice, and a ring."
"Calvin."
"I wake up every night reaching for something on a tray."
"I don't know what it is. I just know I lost it."
He pressed his fingers to his breastbone.
It was the tell, and this time he caught himself doing it, and let his hand fall.
"I've been to a counselor," he said. "Two sessions. My cardiologist's office recommended her.
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