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.

 

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

 

smart to fall for that; plus, he knew me far too well. He would only scoff at my white lie or even see it as my

 

agree to his demands and give him

 

the only person who loved me. I owed it to the people I loved to

non-response was due to Marcus falling asleep,

got up, I check his vitals one last time and grabbed my purse. I turned around and walked

hoarse voice rang out the moment my hand

ever visit me again unless you change your mind and agree

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

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