And then I see the truck and my new Suzanne just stops.
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This is it. It's too late. But I have Z's love. I have his love in this precious moment of time. Right NOW, I have his love.
Oh, GOD! This is my 'TEN'. This agony is unbearable. I have to close my eyes now, because I don't want to see this happen to me.
Unlike Porphyria's Lover, I don't want Z to die, and I don't want to die. I want to live with this love. I was wrong! Oh, god, I was so wrong. I DO want to live with him in this love.
In this moment, I leave this earth with only the feeling of my true, healthy, beautiful love for Z... surrounded by the only happiness I have ever known. There will never be anything more or less than Z's love, to stay with me forever.
Dammit.
With a long last exhale I whisper,
"I love you, Z...
THE END
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sarah Walker lives in Hamilton, Ontario with her American husband and their son.
After life through Sarah a curve-ball, she decided it was time to work on her dreams a little.