A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"It's like..." Emily couldn't find the right words to explain so she used German and led Beryl out of the room.

Now it was just her and Jack alone in the room.

She had no plans of inviting him in but he still went in and even had a cute dog with him.

"Good, good. What did you eat? Because that's where you got your food poisoning," Emily said. She was still at a loss as to what to say but she still did her job. When she looked at him, she saw that his face was white as a sheet.

Meanwhile, Jack had opened his eyes to meet her eyes, "Emily," he murmured.

But Emily paid no attention to him.

He continued, "It wasn't food poisoning. It was you and I don't think I can ever be cured."

Emily bit her lips, and scolded him. "Just shut up."

"No, I'm not going to. I really think I'm dying..." Jack sounded so weak and he was heaving, "Emily, I was bitten by a dog yesterday," he whispered in a low voice.

Emily could tell he wasn't himself yet. He was delirious so she just kept making him talk, "Mhm, okay and then?"

"So I most likely have rabies now. Once you get rabies, there's no cure for that. This is probably the rabies already so just stay away from me or I might hurt you..."

Emily couldn't help but laugh, "Can you hear yourself?"

He was claiming his food poisoning was rabies. If he hadn't just been checked up, she might have believed his story.

Jack suddenly stood up to hold Emily in his arms, "Emily, I'm telling you the truth..."

to push him but then Jack started to cry, "Emily,

now?' Emily asked to herself.

don't want to die this way," Jack tightened his hug on Emily as tears fell, "If I die,

said flatly, "We don't need

me a pen and paper, I'm going to write my will. I'm

She had trouble recognizing what she was feeling in this moment.

and he just wanted to make sure they were taken cared of. That was why he wanted to leave his property to them.

at the sight of Jack crying like a child,

I'm doing, I know what's happening here... I shouldn't have chased that dog

know what to do now, "I'm not

gets food poisoning really get as

begged Emily to give him a pen and paper for his will, then he held her in his arms so tight

he was trying to say everything he wanted to say while he still could.

us? How we used to be? The first time I told you I loved you, I sent you 999 roses and a huge heart-shaped candle and you just threw cold water on it...

bouquet of flowers. I bought too much that we weren't able to eat them all! So we sold them in

to recount all his precious memories with

off as she

now. Whenever she tried to remember them, she could no longer

past completely and that included both the good and the

her heart. She dared not tread into that feeling ever again because

Jack woke a bit entranced. He just stared at the ceiling above and started to think back to what had

tightly he held Emily as he sobbed. He was telling her how he had rabies and

he made himself look stupid in front

with his hands in shame. How he wished he could go back in time and take