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Max and Rosie Pt. 1
Date: 10/19/2017, Categories: Love Stories, Author: Sisyphus, Rating: 13, Source: LushStories
accept his touch. Instead, he asked, “How does Rosie seem this morning?” “I’ve noticed she’s sleeping a lot more,” Robin said and faced him, her smile disappearing. “She doesn’t seem good. Her appetite is gone. I’m concerned.” He nodded and the longing to kiss her dissipated with the serious tone in Robin’s voice. “I think you’re right. I’ve noticed that too. What are you concerned about?” “She’s lost a lot of weight. I weighed her yesterday and she’s lost twelve pounds in the last two weeks.” Robin put the omelet on the plate and placed it on a tray along with a cup of coffee and a small plate of orange slices. “She leaves half of her food.” “She has to eat.” “I know but this is a sign that she’s getting ready to die. I’ve seen this before.” Looking at Robin, he sighed, closed his eyes and turned away, holding back tears. The thought of not having Rosie in his life was unbearable, and yet he knew she was hardly in his life, that the Rosie of their thirty-six years of marriage was no longer the woman he married. It was like living with a ghost and he was holding on to her spirit, or the spirit he remembered, but now it was like trying to hold fog. She was a specter, and who knew what she was experiencing when she was awake and didn’t recognize him sitting next to her or feel him getting into bed at night. He noticed her confused smile when Robin propped up her pillow and asked, “Can I get you anything?” or, “How are you Rosie?” It was as if she had no idea what Robin was ...