“Are you sure?” The doctor asked Laura as he handed her a paper.

“I am,” Laura replied to him firmly but still he looked hesitant. “It’s going to be fine,” Laura said calmly and then scribbled on the papers.

The doctor sighed helplessly and then nodded to the nurse indicating her for the surgery to get started.

***

“DO YOU LOVE ME?”

“ALL OF ME?”

“I LOVE YOU.”

“LET ME GO.”

It has been eight hours since Laura was taken inside the OT and Steven stayed glued to his place waiting for her to come back, her voice echoed in his ears and he kept shaking them away, tiredly.

“Drink...