Roxanne tried to cry but she could not.

She sat alone in the dim hospital corridor.

Her back was pressed against the cold walls.

Her knees were pulled to her chest.

She didn't mind her status as she allowed herself to express her sadness the best way she knew.

She had left Ciel alone because he wouldn't talk to her after what the doctors told them.

He was silent and stiff on his hospital bed.

She had promised him something she was not sure she could keep.

But she told him ...