While You Were Sleeping

Marie's voice faltered as she uttered those heartbreaking words, sentence by sentence. Subconsciously, Nicolae held Marie's hand to show sympathy. Marie took a deep breath and continued her words. "That's why I asked you to come now... So that I can convince my mother that she doesn't need to struggle anymore... just for my sake."

"Oh, I understand." Finally, Nicolae understood what Marie's purpose was in waking her mother.

The girl wanted the mother to see that her daughter already had a man now, someone she claimed to be her husband, who was kind to her and looked after her so that Marie's mother could calmly leave her child.

This was really sad. Nicolae then took a chair and sat next to Marie. His hand was still holding her hand gently.

The girl wanted her mother to see that her daughter already had a man now, someone she claimed to be her husband, who was kind to her and looked after her so that Marie's mother could calmly leave her child.