He would be gone forever, never to sleep by her side again. How would she endure the endless nights alone?

Shawn had once experienced this kind of feeling. He had experienced the long nights, tossing and turning, being unable to sleep. When he thought Gale died, he went through four years like this. It was a time of pain and torment, something Shawn did not want to remember, much less go through again.

Thinking about it, if he were to leave, she would have to face decades of lonely nights and