A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Only the sound of Jacob's voice echoed throughout the empty valley.

Jacob's eyes were burning and his chest felt heavy as if it were filled with lead. He could no longer see clearly.

'Is she really really gone? Forever?'

All of a sudden, some memories flashed through his mind and as much as he tried to hold it in, the pain came out like an uproar from his throat in the form of a silent scream. The muffled sobs wracked against his chest.

'I wonder if she felt fear and helplessness before she fell off the cliff?'

Emily was so delicate that she should be taken good care by him, but he failed to fulfil his duty towards her. ·

'Why...why wasn't I the one to fall instead of her ?'

When Cherry finally calmed down, she rushed to the edge of the cliff only to see

a man on his knees staring down the cliff with two eyes filled with sorrow as if he'd lost the most precious thing in his life. ·

Cherry noticed Jacob's tears, and the scene

squeezed the life out of her heart.

In her eyes, Jacob was a strong man with an indomitable spirit who shouldn't have to cry for a woman.

'Why is he crying over a woman?'

The idea that, "men are superior to women" was ingrained in Cherry's mind. The thought of a man crying over a woman was so foreign to her, she felt jealous of Jacob's love for Emily. However, a part of her felt fortunate

that Emily fell over the cliff and died. ·

In that case, Jacob's strong feelings for the woman would belong to her eventually. ·

Cherry sat beside Jacob cautiously and gently comforted him, "Don't be sad. There's no use shedding tears for the dead. You can take me in her place. I will replace her and live for her..."

enjoy your love for her, ' Cherry added in

of a sudden his voice changed. "I've been

thought it would. Instead, she felt a sense of malice in his voice. "What

in the man's eyes, Cherry stood up and stepped away

she could escape and pulled her

anymore. "What the hell do you want to do

face. His sight, as sharp as a knife, could cut her into pieces, and

so frightened that she denied immediately, "It wasn't me! I didn't do it!

you," Jacob replied with certainty,

smart enough to surmise the truth, since every evidence

to get his hands on this vicious

it wasn't me!" Cherry

threatened Cherry as he glanced down the cliff, and for a brief moment his cruel eyes turned tender. "Emily, don't worry. I will accompany you soon

get away from him with all her might. "Ah!

didn't want to die

the only way to win Jacob's love, she would rather

her screaming and carried her to the edge of the cliff. He was just moments away from sending her to her

looked down the the cliff before, but now every cell in her body was begging him not to move

Please

he could crush her skull between his fingers. "You deserve to die," he

to die as well, ' thought Jacob despairingly.

losing his sanity. Although, he had lived without Emily before,

wondered whether Emily felt cold. or alone. Did she long to have him

to keep Emily

send this bloody

which made Cherry cry out in fear. She pleaded, "Please don't do this. I don't want

die. Nobody in this

about that before you pushed Emily

you not to let me go! Emily isn't dead! Your dear