Prologue
Nick entered the hospital room where
he saw Jessica laying motionless. He
walked over to the bed and kneeled down.
He touched her arm softly, not wanting to hurt her. The doctors had just told him that she would
not wake from the coma and would die in two hours or less.
He reached his hand into his pocket
and pulled out a small cylinder with a green liquid in it. He smiled down at Jessica.
Why? he asked himself, Why did this have
to happen on our wedding day?
He put the container to his lips and
began to drink. He stopped when
Jessica’s hand touched his face. He took
away the container when she smiled at him.
It was already getting hard to breath.
She looked at him with concerned eyes realizing what he had done.
“Have you none left for me?” she
asked, looking down at the cylinder that was almost empty. Nick’s body began to shake as the poison
began to work. Jessica held on to him
tightly as his body began to go limp. She looked down at the small cylinder and
sighed - there wasn’t enough.
“Was it poison? Why? Why would you
leave in this cruel world all alone?” she demanded. Nick looked up at her with dying eyes.
“Maybe if I kiss you, the poison will
leave your lips and onto mine,” Jessica replied, making their lips touch. She drew back.
“With a kiss and I…” Nick trailed
off. Jessica felt his body go limp. She shook her head, not wanting to believe
it. She took the cylinder in her hands
and looked into it. Nick was gone; there
was no reason to live. She reached into
his jacket and smiled at what she found.
She pulled put the small metal object and placed it to her temple.
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