Six Months Left to Live

I married Merrick, the man I loved with all my heart.

After three years of devotion, I thought even a heart of stone would melt.

Yet when I lost our baby and was wheeled into surgery, he rushed off to save his abused first love.

He told me we could always try for another child.

Later, he insisted on taking her messy divorce case.

When I begged him not to, he claimed she was too fragile for anyone else to handle. He told me it was just work and asked me to understand.

He held me close and s