Standing By His Side

She seems fine... really fine.

Arthur didn't know how to react. He felt something was not right, but she won't hide her feelings from him usually and he thought she is really not angry that he hid the tumour and surgery from her.

He stared at the darkness around for some time as he pondered.

Surgery, huh? Will I be fine? What if it doesn't go as planned?

His heart filled with gloom and he clenched the jacket in his hand. It was then he got reminded of the ring box and he checked the pockets. His phone was in there, but the little box was missing.

His heart skipped a beat and he searched desperately in other pockets.

I kept it in this pocket along with my phone. How could it be missing? Did I misplace it?

After searching for some minutes, he still couldn't find it.