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..."

her first instinct was to push him but then Jack started to cry, "Emily, I

anxiety now?' Emily asked

this way," Jack tightened his hug on Emily as tears

"We don't need

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

recognizing what she was feeling in this moment.

they were taken cared of.

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

to me. I know what I'm doing, I know what's happening

to do now,

who gets food poisoning

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

trying to say everything he wanted to say while he still

I loved you, I sent you 999 roses and a huge heart-shaped candle and you just threw cold

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

continued to recount all his precious memories with Emily.

off as she listened to

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

past

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

remembered how tightly he held Emily as he sobbed. He was telling her how he had rabies

regretted everything because he made himself

his hands in shame. How he wished he could