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..."

but then Jack started to cry, "Emily,

he getting anxiety now?' Emily asked to

want to die this way," Jack tightened his hug on

need you to

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

trouble recognizing

to make sure they were taken cared of. That was why

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

know what's happening here... I shouldn't have chased that

know what to do now, "I'm

gets food poisoning really get as delirious

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 paper for his will, then he held her in his

to say everything he wanted to

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 said it

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

all his precious memories with

she listened to Jack.

to her now. Whenever she tried to remember them, she could no longer

really let go of her past completely and that included both

heart. She dared not tread into that feeling ever again because

stared at the ceiling above and started to think back to

sobbed. He was telling her how he had rabies and how he was

because he made himself

shame. How he wished he could go back