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..."

instinct was to push him but then Jack started to cry,

getting anxiety now?' Emily asked to

way," Jack tightened his hug on Emily

need you to look

in his sadness that he just kept on mumbling on, "Get me a pen and paper, I'm

said mindlessly. She had trouble recognizing what she was feeling in this

just wanted to make sure they were taken

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

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

know what to do

poisoning really

dying. He begged Emily to give him a pen and paper for his will, then he held her in his arms

nonstop as if he was trying to say everything he wanted to say while he

sent you 999 roses and a huge heart-shaped candle and

Christmas, 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

his precious memories

as she listened to

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

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

help but feel ache in her heart. She dared not tread into that feeling ever again because she was

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

her how he had rabies and how he was about to die and

made himself look

wished he could