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.

 

In their eyes, it

 

white lie or even see it as my pity,

 

simply could not agree to his demands and give him false

 

the people I loved

if the non-response was due to Marcus falling asleep, I decided

again tomorrow.” After I got up, I check his vitals one last time and grabbed my purse. I turned around and walked to

moment

again unless you change

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

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