Maple leaves... She loved the warm colors that brightens up her day in the chilly autumn. Too bad she didn't get to see them...

***

"CODY!!! Get back here!"

Spring Meadows Hospital used to be a quiet and peaceful place in which patients can relax and rehabilitate. Well... that is until someone came along...

And that someone is me. "Too bad," I shouted. "You already gave me too many shots today. I've had enough!" I turned the next corner of the hallway.

The nurse was trying to catch her breath as she was chasing me. "You're father will punish me if I don't take care of you."

I was breathing deeply and I waited for the sounds of footsteps to pass by. I found myself in an patient room, and it was occupied.

The patient gave me a smile. "So you want to leave too?"

***

And that was how I met her. Twenty years ago.

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