One moment, she thought he deserved it; the next, her head throbbed with a mix of emotions and pain.

By the tshe reached the hospital, she just happened to see the doctor leaving Felix's room.

Carol hesitated at the door, wrestling with her feelings, before she finally pushed it open slowly.

Felix was lying in the hospital bed, an IV needle sticking out of the back of his hand.

Soon, a nurse cin to give her sinstructions.

"The fever hasn't broken yet. When this bag is empty, ring the bell next to you," the nurse said, glancing at her with a hint of curiosity. "Are you family?" "Ah, yes, I am." "You should go complete the paperwork while the medication drips. It's going to be a while." After Carol finished with the paperwork and returned, she took a seat by the bed.

In her memory, this might have been the first tshe sat by his bed like this.

She felt restless, her gaze fixed on Felix's face, unable to extinguish the burning anger inside her.

changed his medication several times,

then she noticed her sleeve caught

tried to pull away, but

strangely persistent, not completely subsiding. Carol even thought

open, he

she attempted to yank

"Carol, I was wrong, truly. I know I messed up."

back down, no longer in a rush

realized sooner how good you are to me, how you're the best thing for me." A bittersweet feeling swelled in Carol's heart. Was she good to Felix? Well, maybe. She was determined to be with him, believing they

it really all that good? Not necessarily. Initially,

up in emotions, sinking deeper and deeper. Felix's initial aloofness was infuriating, always ignoring calls, never replying to texts, as if dangling her on a string. Yet, accustomed to pride, she was

probably what people meant by "self-sabotage." What she couldn't stand the most bet was his secrecy about medication. No matter how much

man of few words, certainly

talked about his mistakes, his apologies, how he deserved to die, but begged her not to get rid of the

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