Don't Go Before I Do

Paul

I didn't let go of Richard because I was afraid of what he might do to himself. I wanted him to stay where he was. I know I fell asleep. I was hoping he would go to bed.

A year later I was cancer free. I was happy I could live without that. I then went to find Richard to tell him after my last treatment but he wasn't home. I went to bed. I was told it would be awhile before I was back to normal.

I woke up to a bang. I then saw a guy enter the room I was in and I played dead. I had my eyes open and I held my breath. I hoped it would work.

"This is the other one that lived through the blast. This is that cancer patient. Look I think he is dead."

They check and I was hoping they would leave. This holding my breath was starting to hurt. My record was two minutes. I did breathe a little when they were not looking.

"Yes, he is dead. Let's get out of here."

They left and I gasped for air. That hurt really bad. So, I got up and walked to find Richard on the floor and he was shot. That was the bang I heard. I called for help. I then discribed the people down to a tee.

I tried to stop the bleeding. Richard's eyes opened for a moment. He was hurt bad. Help came and I went with them.

He lost too much blood and had to be given blood. He was shot in the chest it missed vital organs he was lucky. It missed a artery. I was sitting in the room with him. The police showed up in the room and showed me a picture of the guys. I said it was them.

"I hate to say but your under arrest."

"what?"

"You heard me."

I got up and kissed Richard. I knew this wasn't good. I didn't have much energy. I went with the man. He took me clear to Russia. He put a block on everything I owned so that I could not contact anyone in Germany.

"What did I do to deserve this?"

"Your in danger. You saw them."

"What about Reesh?"

"We got this. Your not allowed back in Germany. Now your stuck here forever."

He left and I sat down and cried. I was homeless I missed Reesh. I missed Till, Oliver, Schneider, and Flake. I wasn't happy about this. I spent the night on a bench.