After couple of moments Joe back to his senses, he was finely ready to get to the room where his wife body was. He saw his wife body on the bed and tears start come from his eyes. The nurse come behind him and put her hand on his shoulder for support. Joe look on her and saw he nodded to him.
Joe start walk to the bed in small steps. He saw his wife lay there with his eyes close. He stand next to her body and try to stop his tears but he was cant control it. He get his wife body up from the bed and hug her close to his body.
“why you leave me Alan?” he say and start to cry. The nurses that was in the room see him and feel sad for his lose. “why you leave me alone Alan? please don’t leave me. I am not ready for that yet. I am not ready please Alan. please tell god that You not ready yet. I need you Alan please don’t leave me.” The nurses come to him and release her from Joe Embrace and take him away from her bed. Joe fold on his knees and saw the other nurses take his wife body away. “No Alan! please don’t take her!” he scream but no one can help him. All the nurses leave the room. Joe was stay on his knees. He stop to cry but the tears keep go from his eyes.
In the Funeral Joe stand next to his wife grave. All the people that come to the funeral come next to Joe put they hand on his shoulder and feel sorry for his loss. But Joe didn’t answer him, he stand next to the Grave like a Statue.
After all the people leave Alan mother see him stand in front her Daughter and decide to go to talk with him. She walk to him and stand next to him.
“Death is something very cruel isn’t it?” she ask him. He look on her but stay in quiet. “ I remember the day I lost my husband I was stay next to his Grave for hours try to understand how my life will be now after I lost the man I love the most.” Joe close his eyes and back to look on his wife grave. “but you…” she look on him. “it happened so quickly. You even don’t get enough time to spend with her and now you have to let her go.”
“who say I let her go?” he ask her.
“dear, I know it hurt but you have to let her go. You have to life you own life.” She said to him.
“I cant. She was the only life that I was have and now she gone.” She hold his hand and cover it with her hand.
“I want and I sure Alan was also want that you will keep your life without her. Find same new woman to marry to and start to live your life.” He look on her with angry in his eyes and release his hand from her.
“I am not going to do it and I will never do it. I marry to Alan and I always will stay Alan husband until I am die.” He said in angry way and walk away from there. Her mother look on the grave with tears in her eyes.
“Look Alan. look how much he love you. He love you so much that He not ready to leave you. People may be die but Love stay forever.”
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