"Oh my God! Oh my God!" Bernard repeated as he gulped in air outside Amazing Grace Hospital, where they took Marissa. "Oh my God!" He bellowed to the heavens.

"Bernard, my man. You have to be strong. You have to be strong. I don't know what else to say other than for you to be strong. Your parents need you to be strong! Everyone is counting on you. She would want you to be strong," Simon said sorrowfully, holding Bernard's shaking shoulder.

"She…she….Aaah, Marissa!" He shouted as he lowered himself to the concrete, mindless of his clothes. He looked up at Simon and let out a loud cry, his whole...