I Said Goodbye In The ICU—Then I Heard What I Was Never Meant To Hear

phone number. No name attached. The area code was 281. Houston.

The last message was from eighteen days ago. The day Graham went into the hospital.

The unknown number had written: Are you ready?

Graham had replied: Yes. Tomorrow.

Then the unknown number wrote: Don’t mess this up.

Graham’s response: I won’t. Trust me.

I stared at my phone screen. My vision continue reading …