““She felt no pain, the men in surgical scrubs said, but how could they know? Did they realize that another heart bled as she fought for life? Did they realize the invisible cord that connected her to me, was still firmly in place despite the only physical one being cut up? Or did they see those dreams as she did- those years of school, college, fun, happiness and childlike love that would never happen, ever, between them? Did they know, I wanted to call her Hope?””
