R O S A L I E
The next few days were like the last week again. I worked late, I ate, I slept. I just existed.
Freya took me out, forcing me to go to restaurants and movies, trying to inject life back into me. I appreciated her efforts, I really did but it felt like I was watching my life slowly drift away.
Ethan Reed became a pleasant distraction from everything. He was in and out of the hospital for tests and consultations, always with a ready smile and a funny story. We never spoke of anything personal beyond our pleasantries and I was glad for that. I did not have the energy to go through the whole story about Axel. He was my patient, and I was his doctor. That was it.
But the silence from Axel was painful. Each day that passed without a word from him chipped away at the small part
