Beep. Beep. Beep. As I lay on the hospital bed listening to the heart monitor's constant noise, I began to grow curious. I look up to the ceiling and start to feel a pain in my lungs. "God damn, I thought this would hurt less than towards the end of all this. "

I look over to my assistant and begin to speak, "Where are they, Samantha? My kids should know I don't have much time left. The doctor said I may not last another hour and he was probably just being generous with the time. "

She looks over at me like she's trying to swallow a tough pill and begins to say, "They'll be here soon, sir. Everyone decided to arrive together, just give them some more time."

'All my brats are riding together in the same car now, so I know something is off.' I try to sit up and level my gaze with her, trying to be the keyword. "Sir! You shouldn't be moving. Just save your strength. "

I look at her eyes and start to feel something I haven't felt in a long time, desperate. "Why should I save my strength for what? They're not coming, are they?"You've got a good heart, Sammy, but you've always been an ass at lying. Just tell me the truth. "

Samantha begins to open her mouth but begins to pull back. 'God damn it.' She holding back her words trying hide the truth from an old man "Just say it damn it!"

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She then begins to speak. "They aren't coming and it seems like they're already fighting over inheriting the company, sir."

A moment of silence passed over the empty room as the words sunk into my head. 'Damn it anything but this.'I tried my best for them constantly.

"Thank you for your help, Samantha. I would appreciate it if I could be alone for a moment? I'll call you back later." She begins to walk out towards the door before she stops and looks at me, "If it's any consolation, sir, I didn't come here because of the job. I came for you." She walked out, leaving me. Alone.

'Damn it all alone again, where did I go wrong with them? What did I do? Could I have changed anything? ' I start to feel something wet dripping down my face. 'Tears?'

Beep, beep, beep. The tears continue to pour down my face as I feel the pain in my lungs beginning to return. "Cough, cough, cough, Sam-cough!"I struggled to get the words out and that was when the monitor seemed to get louder.

Beep, beep, beep. Beeeee-. That sound is all I hear as the tightness comes on and my vision begins to fade. "Not alone, please, not alone. Someone?Anyone? ' As the words seem to die in my head, darkness seems to cover me and everything seems to come to an end.