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~FERNANDO~ Bonus. After thirty minutes of futile success, I finally find him on the rooftop of the hospital. He is gazing up at the sky, and something about his relaxed posture feels familiar to me. It's hard to believe how quickly the years have gone by. He sits on the concrete floor, picking up stones and throwing them away into the distance. My feet feel frozen to the ground by the metal door. I go over all the possible ways that this could go wrong. I know I shouldn't be here; it should be his wife instead of me. But my selfishness led me here anyway. The word "wife" feels foreign and ugly on the tip of my tongue. I stand still, contemplating whether to approach him or just stand here and watch from afar. "Are you going to keep standing there forever? I can wait though." A husky vo