Chapter 349

Mom grabbed Aunt Mel’s hands over the long, rectangular desk. She kept apologizing and thanking her while crying.

Colin and I held each other’s hand. I snuggled in his arms. As always, he was warm, but I felt cold. I fell more and more in love with him as each day went by.

But the image of Felix lying in a pool of blood and his soulless body on the bed would never get out of my head.

While Aunt Mel’s words managed to bring me some solace, what would Felix do? He trapped me with his life. He saved my life. Would he give up?

If one day, his condition was declared incurable and he chose death, how was I going to face that?

If I had to make the choice… My heart was telling me to pick Colin. Yet my mind told me that I should pick Felix because he got hurt while saving me. I wanted to repay my debt to him. I couldn’t leave him high and dry heartlessly.

What a dilemma.

And if I followed my heart and picked Colin, would we be happy living with that decision?

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to lie to myself forever.” The night was dark. Colin’s trembling fingers held a cigarette while he gave me his

be happy, and I wouldn’t either. Maybe no one would

forever, I don’t want to give you up. Promise

you,” I reassured Colin. I lay silently in his arms, trying my best to locate

We hugged each other and sat until dawn

felt close yet distant at the same time.

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on his bed silently. He ate and drank when we fed him. And then, he would stare at the ceiling while spacing

became his life.

that he

take care of Felix. Colin went to teach at school in the morning and

already done what they could

in the residential area opposite the university and moved in. Meanwhile, Colin applied for

to take Felix back to Southsville to make caring for him easier. But for some reason, they agreed to

over, and my mundane life returned.

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