Lena had lost her husband, Gabriel, to a heart attack almost six months ago. He had been the love of her life since high school, and they had always been each other’s firsts. Gabriel was the first to break her heart, but he was also the first to pick it back up again.
After a while, they decided to take their relationship to another level and promised to be with each other forever. “One day, I will marry you, Lena Marie Clarkson,” he had said, lovingly stroking a strand of her hair behind her ear at the high school dance.
And he did. Eight years later, they got married, vowing to be there for each other until death do them part. Never in a million years would Lena have expected death to arrive so quickly…