“More than twenty years have passed, Henri. The children are grown, and happy. It will all happen as it’s supposed to now.” She feels the same and in the dim light she looks the same, but slowly, I begin to understand. “You came back to die with me.” “I came back to go on to the next place with you,” she says, her voice barely above a whisper. “But even if there isn’t one, it’s enough, the time we had. You and our family—they were worth all of it.” My lips press to her head. She releases a single, long breath, and then she is still. I hold her against me. “Take me with you, Sarah,” I whisper.
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