The children were at the top of the stairs.
Lily was silently holding her brother’s hand.
Ben just asked one question:
“Dad, when are you going back?”
Chris did not answer.
He’s gone.
And he never called us again.
I thought nothing worse could happen to our family.
Five months later, in the same hospital, the doctor sat down in front of him again for the second time.
This time I had Ben’s results in his hands.
As soon as I saw the expression on his face, I understood it before I said a single word.
Ben had cancer, too.
My two sons.
My twins.
Born the same day, inseparable throughout his life and now fighting against the same terrible disease.
It felt like our house had moved to the hospital.
When Lily was receiving chemotherapy, Ben would sit next to her.
When Ben felt bad, Lily held her hand.
The only person who helped us was my father, George.
Every night I went to the hospital and read the children stories about the ocean.
One day, Ben asked him:
“Grandpa, can you see where the ocean ends?”
“No.
Lily smiled.
“Then I want to see him even once.
“Me too,” Ben said immediately.
At that moment I turned to the window.
The doctors had already told me that Lily’s treatment was not giving the results they expected.
I didn’t know how long we had left.
That same night, my father gave me an envelope.
Take them to see the ocean.
Inside was enough money for plane tickets and three nights in a hotel.
Where did this come from?
Of my savings.
Two weeks later, we were facing the ocean.
When Lily and Ben first saw the water, they stood still, holding hands.
Then they ran to the waves.
For the first time in months, I heard my children really laugh.
But that night, when we returned to the hotel, someone knocked on our door.
He was the manager of the hotel.
He had a dark blue box in his hands.
He looked at me very seriously.
“Mrs. Miller, there’s something about this journey that you don’t know.
I FELT LIKE THE SOIL DISAPPEARED UNDER MY FEET…
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I opened the box.
Inside were two small silver bracelets with the names Lily and Ben engraved.
I recognized them immediately.
