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

anxiety now?' Emily asked to

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

flatly, "We don't need you to look after

his sadness that he just kept on mumbling on, "Get me a pen

had trouble recognizing what she

break and he just wanted to make sure they were taken cared of. That was why

the sight of Jack crying like

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

didn't know what to

who gets food poisoning really get

set on believing that he had a rabies attack and was subsequently dying. He begged Emily to

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

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... I remember 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

continued to recount all his precious memories with

she listened to

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

let go of her past completely and that included both

came to Jacob, she couldn't help but feel ache in her heart. She dared not tread into that feeling ever again because she was scared that she wouldn't be able to go

the ceiling above and started to think

her how he had rabies and how he was about to die and that he was already writing

regretted everything because he made himself look stupid in front of Emily.

his hands in shame. How he wished