我们回到康尼的病房。比尔进去了，我去看另一个病人了。而后，我看见比尔坐到床边，握着睡熟中的康尼的一只手。那天是2月12日。
两天后的中午，我沿着收容所病房过道走着。我看到比尔靠墙站在那儿，目光呆滞地看着地面。我已经从护士那儿得知，康尼上午11时走了。
比尔看到我，扑到我怀里哭了许久。他满脸泪痕，全身颤抖。后来，他向后倚在墙上，深深地吸了口气。
“我有些话要说，”他说道，“而且非说不可，我想说，能够告诉她真的感觉好极了。”他顿了顿，吸了吸鼻子。“你说的话，让我想了很多；今天早上我对她说了，我非常爱她，我为能娶到她而感到幸福。你真该看看她那时灿烂的笑容！”
我去了康尼的病房，与她道别。我看到床头柜上放着一张大大的情人节贺卡，那是比尔送给她的。那张满载着浓情蜜意的贺卡上写着：“献给我的爱妻我爱你！”
梦想之舟
BrokenPromises
佚名 / Anonymous
"Sheesh！ Give me a few points for self control！" I snapped at my cranky husband. I wanted to stop at a sporting goods store "Going Out of Business" sale we passed in the mall. "There's nothing we need"， his usual grumpy male comment. "It's all overpriced junk. If they had anything good they wouldn't be going out of business."
"But， it's sporting goods，" I wheedled. "could be some good deals for the grandkids. And， you like boats and fishing stuff. I've put up with that photo of your 'dream-canoe' stuck on the bathroom mirror for years now. Maybe you'd enjoy just looking around？"
"Are you crazy？" his eyes got funny and he said something like. "The boat I want is the Supremo Numero-Uno blah-blah. Soon as I finish saving up 6 000 bucks for that baby I'm going to order right from the manufacturer. Custom. In silver. This loser store wouldn't carry something like THAT. And I'm sure not going near those sucker crowds."