When There Is Nothing Left But Love

incurable. You owe me that, Scarlett.”

I let his comment slide. It would be petty of me to argue with a patient.

The illness seemed to dull Marcus’ intuition. He had not realized that I was no longer the meek and spineless woman who was all ready to forgive and forget.

The ward fell into a suffocating silence as he eventually registered my rejection. Marcus slowly lay down on the bed and stared blankly at the ceiling.

“I guess you won’t even spare a glance for me even if I sacrificed myself for you. My efforts were meaningless, so meaningless. I should just die right now.”

Marcus stopped speaking after that, his eyes glazed over with tears.

resorted to telling white lies to appease a dying patient. In their eyes, it was a way of encouraging the

scoff at my white lie or even see it as my pity, and that would only worsen his condition. Honesty was the

his demands and give him false

I owed it to the people I loved to live well and not harm others

moment longer. Unsure if the non-response was due to Marcus falling asleep, I decided to take my

his vitals one last time and grabbed my

rang out the moment my hand

ever visit me again unless you

only to find him lying on the bed like before as if he had never