Angel

June 30, 2005
11:57 p.m.
She lay on her bed, curled tightly in the blankets, the cell phone close to her ear. She knew what she had to do, she knew what had to happen to stop the hell which she was living in the last few months.
The voice on the other end of the phone was steady with fear. “Honey, you have to tell me what is going on.”
She knew her silence was killing him, the one person who stood by her, every moment she needed him. She took a deep breath, thinking of how to word things. “The way to get rid of him, it’s…” She couldn’t bring herself to say it, not to him, it would kill him, he would break, and she would not be able to complete the task at hand. “You love me right?”
The question startled him yet he answered without hesitation. “I love you more than anyone could ever know. I always will, you know that.” Even at saying those simple sentences, she could hear the tears in his voice.
She did not doubt for a second what he had said. “Hold onto that, I can stop this, and I need your help for it. I need you to hold onto that love. No fear, no tears, no anything but that. Baby, please do that for me.”
“Anything for you.” His voice trembled still. She heard the clock in the next room chime. One.
“No matter what happens,” Two. “Hold onto that.” Three. “Think about only that.” Four. “I or this wont work.” Five. “I love you, o matter what.” Six. “I will always love you.” Seven.
“Baby, what is going on?” Eight.
“I don’t have time to explain.” Nine. “Just promise me you will hold onto that.” Ten.
“I promise.” Eleven. “I love you.”
Twelve.
Silence engulfed them. All that could be heard was his breathing, hers was nonexistent. Fear filled his thoughts for a mere second, before he remembered his promise. “Oh god baby, I love you so much. I really don’t know what I would ever do without you. You are my everything. I could never love anyone this much ever again. I love you…”
He stopped as he heard her coughing. She took a deep breath, “Thank you.”
“Don’t thank me,” he told her. “I love you, I cant help that. I love you and I always will.”
She smiled, even though he couldn’t see it.
July 1, 2005
12:02