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Then he turns his head toward the open doorway.

Like someone just called his name.

I turn too, sure someone was standing there just now, but the doorway is empty.

“Dami?”

I look back at him. His mouth opens and a slow breath leaves his lungs.

Something in the room changes.

I feel it immediately.

His eyes are still open, but the light inside them is gone, like someone just turned off a switch and poof...

I feel it in my bones.

He’s not in this room anymore.

Gone.

I start trembling.

The doctor walks into the room just then and looks at me.

I shake my head. “What happened?”

I look at my husband. His open eyes are still on the door.

No.

No.

What?

How?

She examines his eyes and checks for a pulse while I watch her.

Waiting.

Waiting for her to fix it.

Waiting for her to tell me he’s sleeping.

Waiting for her to do something.

Anything.

Then she looks at me, and I see it immediately.

The sadness, the apology... the truth.

She says something, but I don’t hear it. A loud ringing noise fills my ears as all the others come inside. I only see her lips move. I try to make out the words, but I can’t until she turns to the nurse.

“Time of death, nine forty-five.”

“No!”