An elderly woman asked me to marry her as her final wish — and after she passed away, her lawyer handed me her hospital bag and said, “She chose you for a reason.”

Management will ask questions.”

“I know.”

“Do you? Because if this gets out, your career here, or anywhere in this field, is over.”

“She’s dying, Sarah. And she’s alone. She asked me for one thing.”

“She could’ve asked you for a hundred things that aren’t this.”

“But that is what she asked for,” I insisted.

Sarah studied me for a long moment.

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