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Chapter 12: Kevin's Graduation

December 12, 2000

7:00pm

FDNY Auditorium at the training facility

My family and I were sitting in the sixth row of the auditorium waiting for Kevin's graduation ceremony to start. My heart was pounding in my chest and I was anxious for the ceremony to start. The Dean of Students came out first and gave the opening speech then he brought the class out on stage.

"Dad there he is! Take a picture!" I said as Kevin was walking across the stage with the other graduates grinning from ear to ear.

The graduates sat down on the stage and waited for their names to be called to get their diplomas. It took a while for the dean to get to the O's and when he called out Kevin's name Kevin stood up proudly and walked across stage to get his diploma and we all cheered for him and he waved to us.

9:00pm

My family and I were waiting for Kevin to come out of the auditorium to greet us. Then Kevin came out, saw me and started to run towards. I did the same and I jumped into his arms and gave him the biggest hug I could.

"I love you Vi, more than you realize. Thank you for believing in me," Kevin said giving me a kiss.

"I love you too Kevin. I knew you could do it," I said kissing him back.

"Ahem." my dad said as he, my cousins, my uncle and my goddaughter came up to us to congratulate Kevin. Everyone was on cloud nine that night especially Kevin and I.

When we got home we took off our shoes and sat down on the couch, found a movie to watch on pay per view and snuggled into each other's arms and ended up falling asleep halfway through the movie.

December 13, 2000

3:00am

In the middle of the night I ended up having to run to the bathroom to throw up and had a sharp, stabbing pain in my abdomen and called out to Kevin in pain. He got up and rushed to the bathroom, took one look at me and ran back to the living room to call 911. While he did my world suddenly went black.