I can feel myself slipping away… from life… from reality…
 
 From him.
 
 Haze whispers, “It’s my turn to speak.”
 
 All my senses dissipate, and I can’t bring myself to fight it anymore. The darkness takes over me.
 
 “Keep her awake,” Kendrick yells.
 
 I can no longer speak or move a muscle.
 
 But he makes it better.
 
 Four words. Sixteen letters.
 
 He said it. I bet he thought that I wouldn’t hear.
 
 But I did.
 
 And I’ll never forget it.
 
 “I love you, Kingston.”