“And right at that moment, that melody started playing as if it was the answer to my prayer.
‘You can live. You must get through this.’
It gave me solace.”
“Next year, the year after that, and even the one after that will all be good. Because I’ll be thinking of you. I’ll be grateful that you were born into this world. I’ll be grateful that the person I love is still breathing. That’s why your birthday will always be a good day.”
“I want to see you with gray hair and wrinkles. You growing old. You’ll still be pretty, right?”
“Of course. I’m going to grow old very slowly. If you want to see that, you’ll have to stay by my side for a very long time.”
“I should.”