"Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. ... I also understood that death is integral to life — just as loss and grief are the flip side of love." - Mary Oliver
Alex noticed that his pulse elevated and his mind was swirling with a plethora of emotions, thoughts, and memories. The only thought that stayed with him is Maya can't go… not now. Not when he is so close to getting his revenge. She can't just go. He jumped into the elevator when it reached his floor, and he pressed the ground floor button about a hundred times, somehow thinking that it would speed up the process. When he reached the ground floor, he jogged to his car and started it up, driving to the hospital as fast as he could.