I married my childhood sweetheart in his hospital room after doctors told us he only had months left to live — but the moment we said “I do,” a nurse leaned in and whispered, “He lies to you… check under his mattress.”

back toward Room 407.

I forced a bride’s smile onto my face.

But I couldn’t stop wondering what on earth my childhood sweetheart had hidden beneath his hospital bed.

Ben smiled the second he saw me.

“There you are.”

“I got lost looking for coffee,” I lied.

“You always get lost.”

I smiled back because I didn’t know what else to do.

Every instinct told me to continue reading …