Facebook Friends

On the doctor's Facebook page, many people had posted on his birthday. Beyond the simple 'congratulations', there were no shortage of grand, fervent, fiery messages from his friends: most began 'my friend', 'a fine person', 'a fine doctor', and ended with wishes like 'may you live to a hundred' (Translator's note: idiom not translated) and 'may God not deprive us of you' (Translator's note: idiom not translated). It was clear he had helped many, restoring many people's health. Some even said they 'owed him their life'. So, on his birthday, they wanted to congratulate him, make him happy, and show they stood by him.

Only, the doctor had been dead for four months.