Every Thursday afternoon, the volunteer arrived carrying a stack of books.
She signed in.
Walked down the same hallway.
Entered the same room.
And began reading aloud.
The strange thing?
Nobody was there.
No patient.
No visitor.
Just an empty chair near the window.
A new nurse finally asked why.
The woman smiled gently.
Then opened the book.
And started reading anyway.
What she explained later left the entire ward silent.
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Years earlier, the volunteer’s husband spent his final months in that hospital.
Every Thursday she visited after work and read to him.
Mystery novels.
History books.
Poetry.
Anything he enjoyed.
Even after he became too weak to respond, she kept reading.
She believed he could still hear her.
After his death, the hospital renovated most of the building.
But one chair remained in storage.
The same chair where he used to sit during physical therapy.
When staff discovered her story, they quietly placed the chair back near the window.
Every Thursday she returned.
Not because she believed he was still there.
Because love had become a habit she never wanted to break.
Many nurses later admitted they scheduled breaks around her visits.
Just to listen.
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