The Lovely Couple

Chapter 14

Camille was laying in a hospital bed, hooked up to at least half a dozen machines.

Zack was in her hospital room, holding her cold hands in his warm ones. "The doctors say..." He began to sob before he could finish his sentence.

"What is it, Zack?"

"They say that... you might actually have less than a month. The bacteria is building up at a much faster rate than usual. They think it's because of your age. You might make it another 26 days at the most and another.....14 days at the least," Zack concluded.

Camille was devastated. She was so young and her life was going to be taken from her.

"Is there any possibility that the disease won't kill me?" Camille asked.

"No," said the doctor as she walked into the room. "There is no chance of that. This disease is terminal and nobody with it has ever survived."

Zack slumped down in his seat and continued sobbing. Camille didn't realize that he loved her this much. But apparently, he did.