Milestone – #zapfic entry No. 3, contest week 91

Would she get there? Each breath pressed her against the hospital bed. In. Out. On and on.

She stopped. Charles squeezed her hand; she met his rheumy eyes.

His gaze kept her too. She looked away, through her grave to our boundless isle.

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This week’s prompt: milestone.

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