Reborn with My Wife Before SAT

Reclining on the hospital bed, I, Andy Williams, an eighty-year-old man, was tethered to a ventilator, with tubes invading every inch of my being. My dwindling life force was akin to a candle in the wind, flickering, on the verge of extinguishing.

Beside me, Yvonne Smith perched at the edge of the mattress and fixed her gaze on me in quiet contemplation.

With the last vestiges of my strength, I mustered a bitter smile and queried, "Yvonne, in our sixty years of marriage, have you ever loved me? Even for a fleeting moment?"