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..."

then Jack started to cry, "Emily, I don't want to die

getting anxiety now?' Emily

to die this way," Jack tightened his hug on Emily as tears fell, "If I die, who's going to look

don't need you

he just kept on mumbling on, "Get me a pen and paper,

recognizing what she was feeling

Jack's mind, he was dying of heart break and he just wanted to make sure they were taken cared of. That was why

Jack crying like a child, "Don't cry, you're not dying,

lie to me. I know what I'm doing, I know what's happening here... I shouldn't have chased that dog in the first

what to do now, "I'm

everyone who gets food poisoning really get as

she said, Jack just wouldn't believe her. He was dead set on believing that he had a rabies attack and was subsequently dying. He begged Emily to give him a pen and

trying to say everything

you 999 roses and a huge heart-shaped candle and you just threw cold water on it... I remember you said it was

do you remember I sent you imported apples shaped into a bouquet of flowers. I bought too much that we weren't able to eat them all! So we sold them in school and we made 520

recount all his precious memories with

drifted off as she

Jack had recalled were all so vague to her now. Whenever she tried to remember them, she could no longer clearly remember them. Everything

just really let go of her past completely and that included both the good and the

couldn't help but feel ache in her heart. She dared not tread into that feeling ever again

later, Jack woke a bit entranced. He just stared at the ceiling above and started to

was telling her how he had rabies and how

made himself

his hands in shame. How he wished