It was raining hard. She was heading for her house, drinking a can of beer and all soaked. As she arrived on their front porch, she rang the door bell.
“Coming!”, a voice called out from inside.
Dominique and Chase, her boyfriend, were still living together even though their relationship wasn’t in condition.
He opened the door and to his surprise, she was standing there, with a can of beer on hand, soaked and looking pale.
“Oh my God! Dominique! Where the hell have you been?! What happened to you?”, he asked in fright.
She stared at him for a few seconds and bursted into tears. She was so weak, she fell down on the ground.
“Dominique! Dominique!”
The rain poured harder. They were both soaked.
He tried to pick her up but she wasn’t cooperating. She hugged him, crying.
“Chase…”, she said weakly.
“Ch… Chase… Don’t… leave me… I… need you…” Her voice was breaking.
She cried harder.
“I’m here, love. I’m here… Don’t worry… Now, let’s get inside and fix yourself. You’re drunk.”, he said in concern.
When he tried to pull her up, he noticed blood on his white shirt. He looked at her. Her nose was bleeding. As she coughed, blood came out. She looked paler now.
“Oh my God. Mom! Mom! Mom!”, he called out.
“Mom, Dominique’s bleeding. We have to take her to the hospital, quick!”
He quickly carried her and got inside the car. He told the driver to drive as fast as he could.
In the car, his mom was wiping Dominique.
“Oh, dear.”, she said in concern.
As they arrived in the hospital, she was rushed to the emergency room.
“Doc, doc! Please help us! My girlfriend is bleeding!”, he felt like crying already.
He held her hand gently, kissing it.
“Hang in there, love. You’ll be okay, I promise. Just please hang in there.”
“Love…”, she called out to him weakly.
“Ssshhh…”, he said gently.
“Love… I’m sorry… Thank you… for everything… I… love… you… so much…”, she tried to catch her breath.
“Love, what are you saying?”, he was frightened.
“I left… you… a letter… It’s in your room… near the… bed side lamp…”, she said with her eyes closing.
“I’m very sorry, love…” A tear rolled down her cheek and her eyes closed.
“Love… Love… Love? Love!”, he yelled.
“Dominique! No!”, he yelled, holding her hand tightly, his tears running down his face endlessly.
“I’m sorry, sir. She lost a lot of blood.”, the doctor informed him.
“Mom… Why is this happening? Mom…”, he kept on crying. He cried like he never cried before.
“Oh, Chase…”, he comforted him. “Maybe it’s just her time, now.”
“No, she’s too young to die! I can’t accept this! We weren’t okay! We didn’t have the chance to make things right! And we never will have the chance! I love her, mom! I love her! I was so stupid!”
“Don’t say that dear…”, his mom hugged him.
A lot of people attended her funeral. Chase was standing near her coffin, holding pieces of paper.
Dear Chase,
I’m sorry if I wasn’t able to tell you this. I have Leukemia. I went to the doctor on the day we fought. I decided not to tell you anymore because I’m experiencing the most severe stage already. There was no cure. I knew I was going to die and I didn’t want you to know ‘cause I knew I was only going to hurt you. I didn’t want you to see me suffer nor I didn’t want to see you cry.
I’m sorry for all the things that I’ve done wrong to you. I know I have a lot of mistakes. I won’t deny them. I know that I have been always the reason behind our fights. I’m truly sorry, love. I hope you can forgive me.
Love, I want you to know that I’m very thankful that you’ve been my boyfriend for over five years now. You were always there for me, through the ups and downs. You’re simply the BEST and you’ll always be. Thank you for everything. I am so blessed to have you. You’ve done so much for me it will take me days to write it all down here. Thank you for letting me love you and for loving me back.
Chase, my love. Now that I have passed away, please… don’t be afraid to love again. Move on. Start a new life. Don’t be trapped in the past. You need to move forward. But always remember, I’ll always be here for you and I will always love you.
I will always love you, Chase.
And oh, can you do me a favor? Can you please play River Flows in You in my funeral? I’d be glad if you’ll do it and I’ll be watching.
I love you, Chase. I love you so much.
Love, Dominique
He wiped his tears and sat in front of the piano. He then played the song that she requested. A lot of cries were heard as the song was played.
“Dominique, here I am playing the song that you requested. It’s the least I can do after everything that has happened. I feel terrible. I really do. I’ve wasted too much time.
Love, I’m thankful for everything you have done for me. You gave me unconditional love. You told me to move on. I’m sorry but I can’t do that. I’d always be faithful to you. I’m not afraid to love again, to be honest. I just don’t want to let go of you. I love you so much and I’m sorry if I didn’t take action for those words.
I’ll always love you, Dominique. I know you are here, listening. I hope you’re glad.”
There was rain in spite the sunshine. It was beautiful. It was like a mist.
Then he knew, it was her, crying out of happiness.
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