A Story A Day. Story 88 of 365: Wind.

-Make it stop! Please make it stop!- Madison screamed covering her ears with her hands.

-What happens, honey? What do I have to stop?- his husband was terrified, what was happening to her wife?

-The noise! It's deafening!

-It's just the wind, Maddie.

But she knew it wasn't only the wind. She could her it howling inside her head, as if it had found a way inside her skull. It was not the wind, there was something else, and she couldn't hide anywhere. Covering her ears with her hands was of no use, but it restrained her from pounding her head against the wall. She cried her lungs out in an effort to keep the noise at bay. In the end she blacked out.

When she woke up again, the wind had decreased a bit, it was an annoyance, but it was not painful anymore. Madison was in a hospital bed, drugs dripping in her bloodstream, that would explain the numb sensation. Her husband was sleeping on a sofa next to her, he looked disheveled and tired. She wondered how long had she been unconscious. He moved and opened his eyes.

-So, you're finally awake.

-Yes.

-Feeling better?

-Much better, I'll be ready to go home in no time.

He didn't reply, but gave her a concerned look.

-What happens?- asked Madison.

-You won't be able to go home, I'm afraid.

-Why not?

-You've got brain cancer.