My tears wouldn’t stop flowing as I watched Lileth sleep. She has dextrose and oxygen because her oxygen in the body goes down. The doctor said that she had been ill for a long time and that she was aware of it. And now that her body had given up it suddenly collapsed as well.

The doctor said that Lileth has cancer three years ago. It means that before we got married she was already sick. Before I could torture and hurt her. Guilt engulfed me even more. I feel sorry for my wife who endured everything just to be with me even though I still hurt her.

As I...