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My wife, my friend. What does my life mean without you? I knew, the day I first saw you, I knew. You were working at that little café. They had great coffee. I went there every morning before school. Then one day, there you were. I watched you taking orders and topping off coffees. You were so bright. So full of life. Everyone loved you. You would use your tips to buy the homeless guys out front breakfast. How kind you were, so warmhearted. You would act silly to get people around you to laugh and lighten up, anything to get them to smile. I went there every day early, just so I could see you. Then one day, I just had to introduce myself. I looked into your green eyes, and I was hooked. I know you didn’t think much of me. But I thought to myself, Stanley, that is your future wife.

I decided to be patient and let the universe bring us together. And it did.

Our life together was everything I hoped it would be. You gave me two beautiful girls. You made a fine home for us. We were blessed to have you love us. This little house, you saw its potential when everyone else had forgotten about it. It has your personality all over it—classic, vibrant, colorful, timeless…

I was blessed to have you love me. Our time was cut short. We were cheated out of growing old together. I would give anything to change that. But I can’t. You are really gone, and I can’t bring you back. But I will always love you and keep you in my heart. I will see you every day in my memories of you. And I will count the days until we are together again.

Goodbye for now, my sweet Juliet.

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Juliet O’Brien Foster Epstein died in the wee hours of the morning, before the sunrise, as she slept, January 2, 2016. The cause of death would be a brain hemorrhage caused from a bone fragment that lacerated a blood vessel. This could not have been prevented. It could not have been reversed. She was given more time on October 14, 1991, the day she died the first time. When Stanley begged for her life, he fought against death and won. Juliet was granted twenty-five more years.

Stanley did everything he could do to tear her away from the grip of death a second time. But in these cases, seconds are not permitted.

This time, Juliet would stay dead.

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