Meryl held her fiancé of two years hand as he took his last breath. Sadness overwhelmed her as he did so. His battle with cancer was over, but sadly the cancer won. Tears streamed down her face, silently hoping that she was sleeping and this was all a bad dream. Her vision was blurry from her tears as she kissed his lips and wiped her tears.
"Oh John." Her voice cracked. Meryl's sobs echoed through the room. She calmly stood up and walked outside of the door and his mothers face lit up and Meryl shook her head no. His mother took Meryl in her arms and they sobbed together.
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Meryl sobbed as she watched the love of her life be buried. Her friend Don came and sat down beside her. She put her head on his shoulder and he rubbed her back. He offered her a ride and she accepted. Meryl climbed up into his truck and he looked over at her.
She rested her head against the cool window, blankly staring out the window.
"I wont have a house." She whispers. Don pats her knee.
"You can stay at my house."
"What? No I could never do that."
"I'll be out of the country for a month or so."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course, I'll stop and we can get you some clothes."
As the truck came to a halt Meryl jumped out and grabbed all the clothes she could. Don opened the truck and helped her in.
"When do you leave?"
"I leave Friday."
She sighed and he patted her thigh.
"It'll be okay." He gave her a reassuring smile.
"I hope so."
A long silence crashed over them.
"So where are you going?"
"I'm going to Europe. I wanna take pictures and such so I can sculpt something for a client. I plan on strolling around on a bike."
"Oh that sounds wonderful."
"I cant I have a few scenes to film."
"Oh, its okay maybe next time.@