The Final Promise

"What is it? I'm all ears," I say after walking over to her.

She smiles and takes my hand. "Helene told me," she says.

"What?"

"She told me about you. Your relationship seems to have gotten stronger," she says. She sounds weak, like she's out of breath, but I do my best to pay attention to her words.

It might be her final words to me.

I nod shyly. "It's all thanks to you. She wouldn't have opened