I want to live forever

Pulling the USB out of her computer she thought - I want this more than anything in this world.

She phoned.

-Please Rob, come by my house today. I can wait for you. I'm not sleepy.

Slowly she dressed in flowered pattern silk pyjamas and put it on a long robe.

She watched the sun going down. It did not hurt her. That would continue happening without worrying the star who could see it. Without nostalgia feeling for the beings who had seen it rising and submerging every day.

The bell rang.

- What's wrong? Why so much hurry?

- Enter Rob. Sit down and listen to me, please! Take this is the USB with my memoirs.

- But you told me yesterday morning that you were going to rewrite them again.

- I have changed my mind. There will be no more revisions. I want them to be published as they are. You know I've been working on them for years, written and rewritten them. That they have been the center of my life during these last ten years ...

- But you have to make a big investment for its publication.

- Take it. Here you have a check with all of my savings. You will not have any problems to publish them. Promise that you will do it tomorrow.

- Yeah, right. I do not understand anything, but I promise.

- All right. See you tomorrow, then. I'm sort of tired.

- See you tomorrow. You look exhausted and very pale. Take care!

As soon as she woke up she phoned her cardiologist.

- Good morning, Mrs. Smidt. Have you already made a decision?

- Yes, doctor. I have.

- Well, I'm glad you called me. I already told you yesterday that it was a matter of life or death. Your aortic valve is so damaged that it can fail in these twenty-four hours. An emergency surgery is essential in your case.

- Thank you, for your sincerity doctor.

- Well, I already told you that the surgery would be expensive ...

- I have the money. That's not a problem.

- All right. In that case, everything is ready for the operation this afternoon. You will see that you will soon recover, and you will be able to live a long time without problems.

- No, doctor. I'm not going to the hospital. I am sorry. I have already decided. I will not have that surgery.

- That's very dangerous! You will die soon!

She started coughing. She put a handkerchief in front of her mouth. When she removed it, it was drenched in blood. When her coughing subsided. She continued.

- Yes, doctor, but my body will die in any case and nobody will remember me. Thus, I have invested the money of my surgery in publishing my memoirs. My body will no longer exist, but maybe someone can remember me, even though I am no longer in this world. 

Versión en español "Quiero vivir por siempre"