Old friend

You are 28 years old, you are an ordinary young man living an ordinary life, but you have an old friend in every sense of the word, there is a 40-year difference between you.
And today is her birthday, she turned 68, you gave her a bright red rose, you
Well, in general, it was such a cloudy autumn weather, you were walking together, you have been together for 3 years, your beloved, naturally, has problems, and the doctor said a couple of years, but you pretend that you don’t care, why not
She calls you Vova, calls you Vasya, you respond to any name, and even likes you.
Well, anyway, you are now on another of your walks.