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 appease a dying patient. In their eyes, it was a way

 

plus, he knew me far too well. He would only scoff at my white lie or

 

his

 

the only person who loved me. I owed it to the people I loved to live well and not harm others in the

non-response

I check his vitals

voice rang out the moment my hand touched the door

you change your mind

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

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