I Married a Stranger from a Hospital Waiting Room So He Wouldn’t Pass Away Alone – After Our One-Week Marriage,…

Dozens of them.

There was no money.

Each labeled with a place.

Bus Stop.

Grocery Store.

Airport.

Laundromat.

Park Bench.

Waiting Room.

Hospital Chapel.

At the very bottom sat a battered notebook with bent corners, but I didn’t open it yet.

At the very bottom sat a battered notebook.

The envelopes bothered me more.

I picked up Bus Stop first.

Inside was an old train ticket, softened by age.

On the back, Thomas had written:”She finally went.”

I stared at those words until they blurred.

Went where?

Who was she?