It felt like a thorn had lodged itself in my throat, and it refused to go up nor go down. Nevertheless, it kept reminding me of its presence, denying me of any moment of peace.

Fortunately, Camelia did not make any other moves, so the heart in my throat lowered slightly.

After recomposing myself, I said in a much calmer tone than before, “Tell me, Camelia. What do you want to agree to come back?”

However, Camelia ignored me and asked, “Did you visit him?”

Marcus?

It was a few seconds before I nodded. “I just came out of his ward. He’s much better than yesterday and he’s finally eating.”

 

“Ha,” came the soft laugh that escaped from behind Camelia’s lips. The morning sun cast a warm, golden veil on her face, but somehow, she still looked miserable. “Then, do you know that they had just resuscitated him?”

“What?” I knew nothing about what she was saying.

 

“Last night, he selfishly took himself off the oxygen mask. If it was not for my worrying, I wouldn’t have entered his ward to check on him another time. If not for that, what you would have seen in his ward today would have been his dead body.”

His dead body.

day that I had heard those three words. Every time

the confidence to do that. At that moment, it felt as if someone had scooped a hole in my heart and let the terror rush in to

After that, one would be numb. Countless images of my imagination and reality overlapped and reflected on the same ending for Marcus. With once came twice, and with twice

“Marcus wants to die, and you’re planning to follow in his footsteps? Don’t you care about your parents

could vaguely hear the officers whispering to each other

you contacted any of her

said that he doesn’t have a daughter. Apparently, they’ve cut ties a long time ago, so

there such

chat about this. Hurry up and ask where

she had chosen Marcus;

was the only

I had said something foolish. I could only hope that Camelia did not

laughing at herself or at someone else. As if she had made up her mind about something, the look

and I did not

day, that term of his would

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