Love & Loss (57 page)

All those tales of people saying that their lives flashed before their eyes in terrifying moments were true. Mixed in with the zig zags of blinding flashes assaulting my eyes and the deafening roar of blood and fear surging through my veins, I saw Sunday lunches with Mum, Gerry and Georgie around our dining table with Mr Biggles yapping for scraps, movie nights laughing with Lexi, then Gabe,
my Gabe.
I knew I was about to pass out, the noise in my ears was so loud, my vision was failing and I felt sick. All that I could think about was Gabe proposing to me in the rose filled apartment in Paris on that that barmy autumn night.

What was I waiting for? Why was I stalling taking that official step with him and trying to have his children? He
was
the love of my life, my undeniable soul mate and suddenly I knew, I just knew that I didn’t want to wait any longer. So what if I was only nineteen and still at University, I wanted to be his wife, the mother of his children,
our
children. We’d do better, we’d make amazing parents because we knew better, and we’d make sure they’d never miss out on any love in their lives. I felt some tears trickle from the corners of my eyes as I imagined his ecstatic face as I told him the news. It brought me some comfort as my body stopped powering my futile struggle and my limbs went limp as I slipped into unconsciousness.

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