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..."

frowned and her first instinct was to push him but then Jack started to cry, "Emily, I don't want to

anxiety now?' Emily asked to herself.

way," Jack tightened his hug on Emily as tears fell, "If

flatly, "We don't need

mumbling on, "Get me a pen and paper, I'm going to

She had trouble recognizing what she was feeling

of heart break and he just wanted to make sure they

at the sight of Jack crying like a child, "Don't cry, you're

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

didn't know what to do now, "I'm

who gets food poisoning really get as

a rabies attack and was subsequently dying. He begged Emily to give him a pen and

trying to say everything

you, I sent you 999 roses and a huge heart-shaped candle and you just threw cold

too much that we weren't able to eat them

continued to recount all his precious

drifted off as she listened

Jack had recalled were all so vague to her now. Whenever she tried to remember them, she could no longer clearly remember them. Everything was out of touch that she wasn't able

to have just really let go of her past completely and that included both

not tread into that feeling ever again because she

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

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

because he made himself look stupid

hands in shame. How he wished he could go back