[ WP ] You carry a liquid minute around your neck- the moment you die it is absorbed into your body and you get an extra minute of life . You may also give it to someone . Try to make me cry at work .

Small edit. If you really wan na cry, listen to [ this ] ( https: //www.youtube.com/watch? v=AeVyvwThCd8 ) while reading. 
 
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 The silence was deafening at the bottom of the river. The woman in the sinking car reached for the necklace that was no longer there. It had never been hers, so it did n't feel as alien as she thought it would. 
 
 She felt like she was too young to die. 
 
 Luna could practically feel the old man's hands, pressing the precious jewel into her hands, `` I'm giving this to you.'' 
 
 She took another intake of water into her lung. She thought she heard a distant sound of splashing as black began to creep into her vision of the bubbles and fish. 
 
 `` Dad, I ca n't take this.'' 
 
 The gentle upward float of her body felt nice. She could practically hear the wail of the sirens passing outside the hospital where he'd lain. 
 
 He had just smiled at her, smoothing the tears from her face. `` Dad, mom's almost here. You need this. You need this to say goodbye.'' 
 
 The cry of the hospital staff in the background felt so loud, so real. 
 
 `` Sometimes,'' he murmured, `` we do n't get to say goodbye.'' 
 
 His hands felt so cold on her face. She shivered. She wanted to yell at him. How dare he? How dare he take that moment from her mom? He and Luna had fought so much, she knew her mom deserved this more. This precious minute of life. 
 
 He smiled at her, `` If I could give you every breath I had ever breathed, Luna, I would.'' Like he knew what she was thinking. He did. Even if they had n't spoken in ten years. 
 
 `` Why?'' She knew she should n't argue with him in that moment, but she could n't help being petulant. 
 
 His laugh sounded so tired. So old. Luna could n't help wondering when he'd gotten old. `` Your mom will understand. My life was n't worth living without every moment I spent with you, Luna.'' 
 
 She covered her face, `` We fought so much.'' 
 
 `` Even those times, I treasure. You are such a wonderful person, Luna. I wish you knew that.'' 
 
 She'd driven home too fast earlier that night. She had been drunk, but for the past year she always was. 
 
 `` I am so proud of you.'' 
 
 The corner had been too sharp. As her car nose-dived off the cliff, she'd thought, *Have I made you proud? * 
 
 `` If I can give the world even one more minute of you, Luna, then nothing would make me happier.'' 
 
 She sat up in the hospital bed with a gasp, hugging herself at the pain that wracked her body. 
 
 `` I love you.'' 
 
 A nurse walked in and told her to lie back. That she was the luckiest person in the hospital and that her mother was on the way. One second later, the nurse had said, one second later would have been too late. 
 
 `` Live for me.'' 
 
 His cold hand slipped from her grasp. 
 
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