"Edie, I've had a lot of time to think while I was in the hospital. When I'm better, I would like to come and visit you. If that's okay with you?" Donald asked.
"Of course! I'm looking forward to seeing you again," Edie replied.
Donald hung up the phone and was surrounded by silence. His heart was pounding like a madman's, he couldn't seem to catch his breath. His head aches, it feels twice its normal weight, it feels like it's going to explode. He felt so utterly tired and defeated. He falls to the floor as he experiences pain greater than anything he had ever felt. He closed his eyes and listened to the wind blowing outside. He could see Edie. More than that, he could feel her presence inside him. "For now, we are friends. One day it'll be more," he said in a low incoherent voice.
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