Don't Go Before I Do

Paul

I woke up to hear the song Don't Die Before I Do again. I heard everything Reesh had to say evertime he spoke to me. I then noticed he had my hand in both of his his. I closed my eyes.

"I just hope one day you forgive me. I miss you Heiko."

I heard what happened to me and that I had Cancer. Reech told them to try to save me. I felt Reesh kiss me. I opened my eyes. I saw he was about to walk out of the room.

"Richard."

A doctor entered and he didn't hear me. "Richard!"

The doctor and Richard walked over to me and I was released. But, I had to have a treatment first. Richard waited in silence.

I went home and went to bed. I was out for a week. Richard was still in silence. I wondered to myself how this was going to end. I didn't know that by night Richard was sleeping on the floor by the bed. By day he was watching me. Something was different but, I couldn't place it.
I woke up to find Richard sitting on the floor. His head was down.

"Reesh, how long have you been there?"

"Heiko, how do you feel?"

He didn't answer the question. I saw he didn't care about himself. He had not been sleeping. I could tell.

"Reesh, I am going to ask you again how long have you been there?"

"It doesn't matter."

I got mad. I got up and looked at him. "REESH, I AM OK YOU NEED SLEEP."

"Heiko, calm down."

"STOP CALLING ME THAT. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? MY NAME IS PAUL."

"I am not sure."

"ALSO YOUR THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM. I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE. THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK. REESH GO TO HELL."

That hit the mark. I left the room and I could hear him crying. I went to my office. I opened the desk and found a gift from Richard. I opened it. There was a camera and a bracelet. I felt bad. I put the bracelet on.

I then went to apologize to Richard. I didn't make it back to the room because I passed out. I heard something fall over.