我們回到康尼的病房。比爾進去了，我去看另一個病人了。而後，我看見比爾坐到床邊，握著睡熟中的康尼的一隻手。那天是2月12日。
兩天後的中午，我沿著收容所病房過道走著。我看到比爾靠牆站在那兒，目光呆滯地看著地麵。我已經從護士那兒得知，康尼上午11時走了。
比爾看到我，撲到我懷裏哭了許久。他滿臉淚痕，全身顫抖。後來，他向後倚在牆上，深深地吸了口氣。
“我有些話要說，”他說道，“而且非說不可，我想說，能夠告訴她真的感覺好極了。”他頓了頓，吸了吸鼻子。“你說的話，讓我想了很多；今天早上我對她說了，我非常愛她，我為能娶到她而感到幸福。你真該看看她那時燦爛的笑容！”
我去了康尼的病房，與她道別。我看到床頭櫃上放著一張大大的情人節賀卡，那是比爾送給她的。那張滿載著濃情蜜意的賀卡上寫著：“獻給我的愛妻我愛你！”
夢想之舟
BrokenPromises
佚名 / Anonymous
"Sheesh！ Give me a few points for self control！" I snapped at my cranky husband. I wanted to stop at a sporting goods store "Going Out of Business" sale we passed in the mall. "There's nothing we need"， his usual grumpy male comment. "It's all overpriced junk. If they had anything good they wouldn't be going out of business."
"But， it's sporting goods，" I wheedled. "could be some good deals for the grandkids. And， you like boats and fishing stuff. I've put up with that photo of your 'dream-canoe' stuck on the bathroom mirror for years now. Maybe you'd enjoy just looking around？"
"Are you crazy？" his eyes got funny and he said something like. "The boat I want is the Supremo Numero-Uno blah-blah. Soon as I finish saving up 6 000 bucks for that baby I'm going to order right from the manufacturer. Custom. In silver. This loser store wouldn't carry something like THAT. And I'm sure not going near those sucker crowds."