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..."

push him but then Jack

now?' Emily asked to

way," Jack tightened his hug

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

me a pen and paper, I'm going to write my will.

trouble recognizing

just wanted to make sure they were

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

I know what's happening

to do now,

gets food poisoning really get

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

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

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

flowers. I bought too much that we weren't able to eat them all! So we sold them in school and we

recount all his

as she listened to Jack.

to remember them, she could no longer clearly remember them. Everything was out of touch that she wasn't

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

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

entranced. He just stared at the ceiling above

how tightly he held Emily as he sobbed. He was telling her how he had rabies and how he was about to die and that he was

everything because he made himself look

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