What Mark Asked Me to Prepare
Saturday afternoon, Mark asked me to put together a short video.
“Lily’s hospital visits,” he said. “Her hair. Leo’s promise. Everything.”
I stared at him for a moment.
Then I understood.
He wasn’t planning to argue with Brenda.
He was planning to show her exactly what she had taken away.
So I went through our photographs and videos.
I found clips of Lily in the hospital.
Pictures of her hair before treatment.
Videos of her hair thinning.
Moments when she was tired and frightened.
And recordings of Leo sitting beside her.
There was one video that made me stop completely.
Lily was twisting one of his curls around her finger.
She looked exhausted, but she smiled.
“This is my lucky spring,” she said.
Leo grinned.
“You can’t pull it too hard.”
“I won’t.”
They laughed.
I had to stop the video because I couldn’t see the screen through my tears.
Then I kept going.
By Sunday afternoon, everything was ready.
