I Married My Childhood Sweetheart in His Hospital Room After Doctors Said He Had Only Months to Live – Right After We Said ‘I Do,’ a Nurse Whispered, ‘He Lies to You… Look Under His Mattress’

was he pretending to be a dying man?

I grabbed my phone with shaking hands and photographed the reports as quickly as I could.

There were more papers underneath.

I was about to look at them when the bathroom faucet stopped running.

My heart lurched.

My time was up.

There were more papers underneath.

I slid everything back exactly where I found it and smoothed the sheet.

The toilet flushed.

I grabbed the water pitcher off Ben’s tray and pretended to pour.

Ben shuffled out, IV pole clicking beside him.