"I think I would stop you today. There's a limit to how much hurt the heart can handle before it shuts down. I'm glad you're keeping an eye on that.

"Why don't you go put your laundry in. Then let me read to you, or tell you stories, or we can watch something or take a walk. I want to keep your mind occupied, and I want to keep you in my arms."

I want to keep that darkness at bay.