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

now?' Emily

Jack tightened his hug on Emily

flatly, "We don't need

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

said mindlessly. She had trouble recognizing what she was feeling

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

Jack crying like a child, "Don't cry, you're not dying, okay? This is just food

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

everyone who gets food poisoning really get

a rabies attack and was subsequently dying. He begged Emily to give him a pen and paper for his will,

if he was trying to say everything he wanted to

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

you remember I sent you imported apples shaped into a bouquet of flowers. I bought too much that we weren't able to eat

recount all his precious memories with

as she listened to

those memories that Jack had recalled were all so vague to her now. Whenever she tried to remember them, she

her past completely and

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

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

He was telling her how he had rabies and

made himself look stupid

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