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00:00In the fifth year of my marriage to Kenneth Mendez, Haley Humphrey, the love of his life,
00:04moved back home after her divorce. His heart went back to her, and he had no idea I was
00:10already in the final stages of a terminal illness. The doctor said that if I went into
00:15surgery, my chances of surviving were under 10%. So I decided to put my life in Kenneth's
00:22hands. He would be my chief surgeon.
00:26The day I got my medical report happened to be my fifth wedding anniversary with Kenneth.
00:31I spent all afternoon making his favorite meal, but it was freezing cold now, and he still
00:37wasn't back. I couldn't help calling him. The phone rang five times before he finally
00:43picked up.
00:45What is it?
00:46He snapped.
00:48I'm working. I just got assigned an emergency surgery.
00:52I'm sorry. I thought...
00:57And what exactly did you think?
00:59He cut in. His voice sharp enough to shut me up. But the very next second, a familiar
01:05girl's voice came through the speaker.
01:07Kenny, do you like cream cake?
01:12My grip tightened on the phone.
01:15Kenneth?
01:16Hey, Lissy.
01:18She was back.
01:21At 9pm, I packed the reheated food into a thermal container and drove to the hospital.
01:26Through the glass window, I saw Kenneth sitting with Haley, the two of them studying the same
01:31medical file.
01:33They were so close that Haley's loose hair brushed against Kenneth's cheek.
01:38Kenneth was a clean freak, and he hated people touching him, but he didn't push her away.
01:45I knocked. When Kenneth saw me, his brows immediately flooded.
01:49Why are you here?
01:50I spotted a cream cake with happy birthday hails written on it.
01:54So today wasn't just our anniversary. It was Haley birthday too.
02:00Rachel, do you want some cake?
02:02Haley asked.
02:04She doesn't like whipped cream.
02:06Kenneth answered for me.
02:11Then he looked at me.
02:13Rachel, why don't you head home first?
02:15Kenneth, I need to talk to you about something. Can we talk alone for a minute?
02:20I don't have time tonight. Why the special trip just to keep tabs on me?
02:24His eyes flashed with anger.
02:26I froze.
02:28So that was what he thought of me.
02:31I was only here to tell him about my illness, and that, according to my doctor, my days were numbered.
02:43I went home, carrying all the food that hadn't been touched.
02:47When I dumped the entire table into the trash, I couldn't help sound, what a waste.
02:53Just like me.
02:55Always unnecessary in Kenneth's life.
02:59The pain in my chest came back again.
03:03I curled up on the couch, biting back the pain, and drifted into a heavy, foggy sleep.
03:12In my dream, I was back in college.
03:16Kenneth was my upperclassman.
03:19Back then, his girlfriend was still Haley, the most popular girl in the department.
03:24He was a junior when I got accepted into New York Medical College.
03:30I arrived on campus alone with my luggage.
03:33While everyone else had parents and relatives around them, I stood out like an orphan.
03:38That day, the student volunteers were overwhelmed, and Kenneth happened to walk by.
03:46He saw how lost I was and helped me out.
03:50He carried my bags and told me about the school.
03:54I listened to everything like it mattered.
03:56When he finally set my two-case down and politely said goodbye, something inside me shifted.
04:03Then, right before Kenneth graduated, Haley chose to go overseas, and they broke up.
04:12The next time I saw him, he was drunk on the side of the road.
04:15Wrecked, abandoned, pitiful.
04:17No one was taking care of him.
04:19I couldn't help it.
04:20My heart softened.
04:22For the first time, I stepped forward on my own and brought him back to his apartment.
04:26When I tried to leave, he grabbed my hand.
04:29That night, he whispered halos into my ear 132 times.
04:35I admit that I took advantage of the moment, but I had no strength to refuse him.
04:42Then, Kenneth introduced me to all his friends and gave me the title of girlfriend.
04:47Our relationship stabilized, and I married him.
04:52But now, everything was about to shatter.
04:59Haylini was back, and Kenneth's heart went with her.
05:02And me?
05:03On our wedding anniversary, I was diagnosed with terminal late-stage illness.
05:08The next morning, Kenneth came home.
05:11He looked exhausted, like he had been up all night.
05:16He asked me,
05:18Why didn't you go sleep in the bedroom?
05:21The pain in my body left me unable to speak for a moment.
05:26Just then, his gaze landed on the cream cake on the dining table that read,
05:31Happy 5th Anniversary, Honey.
05:37So yesterday was our anniversary.
05:41Yeah.
05:42I answered softly and stepped forward to take his coat.
05:48Without meaning to, I caught a perfume scent that wasn't mine.
05:52I'm sorry.
05:53I forgot.
05:54A heart attack case came in last night.
05:57I didn't say anything.
05:59Kenneth was a cardiac surgeon at one of New York's top hospitals.
06:04But if he'd only been in surgery, why did his coat smell like perfume?
06:10A fine, stabbing ache crawled through my chest again.
06:13He mistook my silence as swulking, and his brows tightened slightly.
06:17Rachel, I've been drowning in work.
06:20Forgetting anniversary is normal.
06:21If it bothers you that much,
06:25I'll make it up to you in a few days.
06:28Agony spread across my chest,
06:30making me double over in pain.
06:37You probably just have low blood sugar again.
06:42I didn't correct him.
06:44My medical report was sitting right on the dining table.
06:48All he had to do was walk over and look,
06:50but he didn't.
06:54All the things I should have said out loud
06:56suddenly didn't feel worth saying anymore.
07:01At noon, I cooked lunch as usual.
07:05Kenneth may be feeling guilty about last night.
07:07Rachel, I'm off this afternoon.
07:09Let's go watch a movie.
07:11My heart loosened.
07:12I replied quickly.
07:13Okay, it's been so long since we've gone to the movies together.
07:18But his phone rang.
07:19Haley's name on the screen.
07:21Kenny, I'm at the hospital.
07:23I think I twisted my ankle.
07:25Can you come get me?
07:26Without a second of hesitation,
07:28Kenneth grabbed his keys.
07:30I'll be right there.
07:31He turned to me.
07:32Rachel, Haley needs help.
07:34We'll go to the movies another day.
07:36Then he was gone.
07:37I sat alone at the table,
07:40lunch untouched.
07:41A few hours later,
07:43the pain hit again.
07:45I couldn't breathe.
07:47I knew my heart was failing,
07:49but I didn't call Kenneth.
07:51He wouldn't have come anyway.
07:53That night,
07:54sitting alone in the dark,
07:55I opened a blank notebook.
07:57On the first page,
07:58I wrote,
07:58my death diary.
08:00This is the record of every day I have left.
08:02And every day,
08:03Kenneth chooses her over me.
08:08The next day,
08:09I went to the hospital
08:10to see Dr. Robbins
08:11about my condition.
08:13Ms. Allen,
08:13your heart failure is progressing
08:14faster than expected.
08:16You need surgery immediately.
08:17Without it,
08:18you have less than a month.
08:25And with surgery?
08:29Less than 10%.
08:32I want Kenneth Mendez
08:34to be my chief surgeon.
08:35Kenneth is the best cardiac surgeon we have.
08:38But Ms. Allen,
08:39are you sure?
08:42Given your relationship?
08:44I'm sure,
08:44I said.
08:45If I die,
08:46I die on his table.
08:47If I live,
08:48it'll be because he saved me.
08:49Either way,
08:50he'll have to look at
08:51what he's been ignoring
08:52all this time.
08:53When I left the hospital,
08:55the sun was already setting.
08:58I drove home in a daze,
09:00my mind spiraling
09:01through every possible outcome.
09:03When I reached my building,
09:05I noticed the apartment
09:06across from ours
09:07had new tenants moving in.
09:09Box after box
09:10was being carried inside
09:11in an organized,
09:12professional way.
09:16I only glanced up for a second,
09:18and I saw Kenneth
09:19and Haley walking out together.
09:23Rachel,
09:25you're back.
09:29In that instant,
09:31the blood in my veins
09:32seemed to freeze.
09:36Oh, right!
09:37I have something to return to you.
09:39She went back inside
09:40and came out
09:41holding the empty thermost.
09:43She handed it to me
09:44with a smile.
09:45Your cooking is amazing.
09:47Kenneth is really lucky
09:48to have married you.
09:53My breathing slowed
09:54and I looked up at Kenneth.
09:56He instinctively avoided my gaze,
09:58but then his eyes hardened again.
10:01Hales just got back
10:02from overseas.
10:03She doesn't have anywhere to stay.
10:06Coincidentally,
10:06the place across
10:07to our apartment
10:08was for rent.
10:09She liked it,
10:10so she moved in.
10:11She hadn't eaten yet,
10:12so I took the more
10:13new cut meal day over to her.
10:15I just helping out on my way.
10:19Just helping out,
10:20I thought.
10:22I smiled faintly.
10:24Behind my back,
10:25my nails dug deep
10:26into my palm.
10:27I still wanted to believe
10:28he was a man with boundaries,
10:30that he would stay loyal
10:31to our marriage.
10:32That night,
10:33Kenneth covered my eyes
10:34with his hands,
10:35acting all mysterious,
10:37and guided me
10:38to the dining table.
10:41When he finally
10:42let me see again,
10:44I looked down
10:45and saw an expensive
10:46necklace sitting there.
10:51Do you like it?
10:54I nodded.
10:56Kenneth picked it up
10:57and fastened it
10:58around my neck.
11:00The small diamond
11:01rested right in the hollow
11:02of my collarbone.
11:04He said,
11:05praising me,
11:06it's beautiful.
11:08This kind of ceremony
11:09was rare in our lives.
11:12Even though I knew
11:13this gift was really
11:14just him making up
11:15for forgetting
11:15our wedding anniversary,
11:16and maybe there was
11:17a little guilty mixed in
11:19for letting down
11:19my feelings,
11:20I still felt happy
11:22for the first time
11:23in a long while.
11:25Before bed,
11:26he fell asleep quickly,
11:27but I couldn't
11:28drift off at all.
11:30While scrolling
11:31on my phone,
11:32I accidentally saw
11:33a post Haley
11:34had made an hour
11:35earlier on Instagram.
11:36Happiness is when
11:37the person you've
11:38kept in your heart
11:39has been waiting
11:39for you in the same
11:40place all along.
11:42I didn't know
11:43if she made that post
11:44visible only to me,
11:45but the photo
11:46hit like a knife,
11:47stabbing my eyes
11:48in an instant.
11:51It was a photo
11:52of a diamond ring
11:54engraved with
11:55their initials.
11:57The necklace
11:57Kenneth had given
11:58me tonight
11:59was from the same
12:00brand.
12:03My hands were shaking
12:04as I reached
12:04for Kenneth's phone.
12:06He was careful
12:07in the way
12:07he handled things,
12:09but he'd never
12:09bothered putting
12:10a password
12:11on his phone,
12:12and he'd never
12:13guarded it from me.
12:19I unlocked it easily.
12:22I opened the Amazon app
12:24and went to the
12:25orders page.
12:26In the orders section,
12:27I found a diamond ring
12:29he had reserved
12:29a week ago,
12:30and the necklace
12:31he had rushed
12:32to order just
12:32yesterday.
12:33Then I saw his chat
12:34with customer service.
12:35The ring is a
12:36birthday present.
12:37Make sure it arrives
12:38before the 17th.
12:39My vision blurred
12:40before I even realized it.
12:45A birthday gift
12:47and a makeup present,
12:49a diamond ring,
12:51and a necklace.
12:52I forced myself
12:53out of bed,
12:54fighting nausea,
12:55and ran into
12:55the bathroom.
12:58I clutched the toilet
13:00and threw up violently.
13:02My stomach was
13:03already empty,
13:04so all that came out
13:06was sour bile,
13:07burning my throat raw.
13:13Kenneth woke up
13:14and followed me in,
13:15patting my back.
13:18What's wrong?
13:21I couldn't answer.
13:22The pain
13:23swallowed nausea.
13:24My face went white,
13:25and my lips
13:26turned bluish purple.
13:28It hurt so badly
13:29it felt like
13:30it was tearing me apart.
13:31Kenneth finally realized
13:33something was off.
13:34He picked me up
13:35and carried me
13:35back to the bed.
13:40Rachel,
13:42didn't I tell you
13:43to go to the hospital
13:43for a checkup?
13:44You really need
13:46to get tested.
13:47You're the doctor,
13:48I said.
13:49Tugging at the
13:50corner of my mouth.
13:51Can't you tell
13:52if there's something
13:53wrong with me?
13:53A flicker of hesitation
13:55crossed his eyes,
13:56but he still shook his head.
14:00Doctors aren't machines.
14:02Making judgments
14:02purely based on experience
14:04is irresponsible.
14:06But you look fine to me.
14:07You probably just
14:08ate too much tonight.
14:10Try to get some sleep,
14:12okay?
14:14I didn't bother arguing,
14:15but it would be a lie
14:17to say I wasn't disappointed.
14:19I thought,
14:20Kenneth,
14:21you'll find out soon enough
14:22whether I'm sick.
14:22You'll see me lying
14:23on your operating table
14:24with only a 10% chance
14:25of surviving.
14:28Early the next morning,
14:30I went to the pharmacy
14:31to buy some painkillers
14:33to temporarily relieve
14:34the pain in my body.
14:36When I got home,
14:38Kenneth was wearing
14:38an apron
14:39and moving around
14:40the kitchen
14:41in a calm,
14:42practiced way,
14:43cooking like it was
14:44second nature.
14:52I froze.
14:54Before we got married,
14:55Kenneth had told me
14:56he didn't know how to cook
14:57and hated the kitchen
14:58because of the grease
14:59and mess.
15:00After marriage,
15:01I took care of everything
15:02myself
15:03and never once
15:03let those hands
15:04that held a scalpel
15:05touch household chores.
15:07Before we got married,
15:08Kenneth had told me
15:09he didn't know how to cook
15:10and hated the kitchen
15:11because of the grease
15:12and mess.
15:14After marriage,
15:15I take care of everything
15:16myself
15:17and never once
15:18let those hands
15:19that held a scalpel
15:20to touch household chores.
15:22Yet today,
15:23out of nowhere,
15:24he was actually cooking.
15:30I was still confused
15:32when I suddenly saw
15:33Haylene walk out
15:34of our bedroom.
15:35She looked toward
15:37the kitchen
15:37and whined sweetly.
15:40Kenneth,
15:41is the food ready yet?
15:42I'm starving.
15:43Almost,
15:44Kenneth answered
15:45without turning around,
15:47his voice smiling.
15:49You little foodie.
15:50The whole scene
15:51was so absurd
15:52it pinned me
15:53to the spot.
15:56It felt like
15:57I had walked
15:58into the wrong apartment
15:59and accidentally
16:00entered someone else's
16:01warm,
16:02happy home.
16:04She teased
16:05and he laughed.
16:07Only I didn't belong here.
16:11So it wasn't
16:12that Kenneth
16:13couldn't cook.
16:14He just
16:15didn't want to.
16:16His cooking
16:16was only for the person
16:18he was willing
16:18to cook for.
16:21Hayley acted
16:22as if she had
16:23just noticed me.
16:24Rachel!
16:24You're back!
16:27The surprise
16:28on her face
16:29appeared at
16:29exactly the right moment.
16:32She smiled brightly
16:33and grabbed my hand.
16:35This morning,
16:36I went to the market
16:36with Kenneth
16:37and bought
16:37so many groceries.
16:39We girls
16:39should enjoy
16:40the results.
16:44Right?
16:45Let him do
16:45all the work.
16:46Come sit down.
16:47You have to try
16:48his cooking.
16:49He's really good.
16:52I let her
16:53pull me along,
16:54numb
16:55and stiff.
16:59The ring
16:59on her left ring
17:00niggots
17:01scraped hard
17:02against my skin.
17:03It hurt
17:04and the pain
17:05snapped me awake.
17:07Rachel,
17:08I'm honestly
17:08so jealous.
17:09You get to eat
17:10Kenneth's cooking
17:10every day.
17:11Her voice
17:12turned even sweeter.
17:13I don't have
17:14that kind of luck
17:14anymore.
17:15Back then,
17:16Kenneth actually
17:16learned to cook
17:17just for me,
17:18but I barely
17:18got to eat it
17:19a few times
17:19before I went
17:20abroad.
17:22As if she'd
17:23suddenly realized
17:24she'd said
17:24too much.
17:25She stuck
17:26her tongue out.
17:28That's all
17:29in the past
17:30now.
17:30Rachel,
17:31I really do
17:32appreciate you
17:33for taking
17:33such good care
17:34of Kenneth.
17:36I stared at her,
17:37my hands
17:38and feet
17:38turning ice cold.
17:41The food's ready.
17:42Let's eat first.
17:43Kenneth said
17:44as he walked over,
17:45cutting the conversation
17:46off.
17:47The dishes
17:47were extravagant.
17:48An entire
17:49table of seed.
17:51I didn't touch
17:51a thing.
17:52There wasn't
17:53a single dish
17:54on that table
17:55that I could eat.
17:55When I didn't
17:56pick up my
17:57fork,
17:58Kenneth finally
17:58seemed to remember.
18:01His expression
18:02turned slightly
18:03awkward.
18:05Rachel,
18:06sorry.
18:07I didn't know
18:07you'd come back
18:08today.
18:09Otherwise,
18:09I would have
18:09made a couple
18:10of other dishes.
18:11Haley blinked.
18:13Rachel doesn't
18:14like seafood?
18:16She's allergic
18:17to seafood.
18:18What a shame,
18:19Haley said.
18:21Kenneth's
18:21seafood dishes
18:22are actually
18:23his best.
18:24She picked up
18:24a garlic butter
18:25prawn
18:25and dropped
18:26it into
18:27Kenneth's plate,
18:28smiling playfully.
18:31Dr. Mendez,
18:33would you please
18:34peel one for me?
18:35You really are
18:36getting more
18:36spoiled by the day,
18:37he said,
18:38but he smiled
18:39like he didn't
18:40mind at all.
18:43He peeled a shrimp
18:45and placed it
18:45in front of her.
18:50They interacted
18:51like I wasn't
18:52even there.
18:53I couldn't
18:54understand it.
18:55Kenneth was
18:56cooking a feast
18:56and peeling a
18:57prawn for another
18:58woman in our
18:59marital home.
19:00Kenneth,
19:01don't you think
19:02this is inappropriate?
19:03I said,
19:04calling it out.
19:05For the first
19:06time in forever,
19:07he actually
19:07explained himself.
19:10Hales is a guest.
19:11So peeling a
19:12prawn for a guest
19:13was considered
19:14good manners?
19:20After all these
19:20years of marriage,
19:21Kenneth had never
19:22peeled fruit for me.
19:23He'd barely even
19:24placed food on my
19:25plate.
19:26Haley pretended to
19:27realize the issue
19:28and looked at me
19:29innocently.
19:30Rachel,
19:31I just didn't want
19:32to get my hands
19:33dirty.
19:34You're not mad,
19:35right?
19:36I met her bright,
19:38sly eyes,
19:38and suddenly
19:39everything clicked.
19:40I thought,
19:41no.
19:42Why would I be
19:43mad?
19:43I was just
19:44disgusted.
19:45Since there's
19:45nothing on this
19:46table I can even
19:46eat,
19:47you two take
19:48your time.
19:48I'm going back
19:49to the bedroom.
19:50Then,
19:50I stood up
19:51and left the
19:51table.
19:55Outside the
19:56door,
19:57I faintly heard
19:57Halen's voice.
19:59Is Rachel
20:00mad?
20:01Kenneth,
20:02maybe you
20:02should go
20:03explain.
20:06It's just that
20:07I have a cut
20:07on my hand so
20:08I couldn't peel
20:08the prawn myself.
20:09I don't want
20:10her misunderstand.
20:11Kenneth's reply
20:12was indifferent,
20:12like it didn't
20:13matter at all.
20:14There's no need.
20:15It's a small thing.
20:16She can figure
20:16it out on her own.
20:17She laughed
20:17again,
20:18cheerful and
20:19smug.
20:19True,
20:20Rachel really
20:21does seem so
20:21mature.
20:22I leaned
20:22weakly against
20:23the door,
20:24enduring the
20:25dull ache
20:26rising in
20:26my chest.
20:28My eyes
20:29drifted down
20:30without thinking.
20:31On the floor
20:32lay a necklace,
20:33snapped into
20:34three pieces.
20:35The necklace
20:35Kenneth gave
20:36me last night?
20:37This morning
20:37I'd taken it
20:38off and placed
20:39it neatly
20:39on the bedside
20:39tibble.
20:40I never
20:40expected it
20:41would be
20:41yanked apart
20:42and thrown
20:42onto the
20:42floor like
20:43trash.
20:47Haylene
20:47had just
20:48walked out
20:48of our
20:48bedroom.
20:49It was
20:50obvious who
20:50did it.
20:51She wasn't
20:52even trying
20:53to keep up
20:53appearances
20:53anymore.
20:54I was so
20:55angry I
20:56wanted to
20:56storm out
20:57and confront
20:57her.
20:58But the
20:59moment I
20:59opened the
21:00door,
21:00I saw
21:00Kenneth and
21:01Haylen
21:01sitting together,
21:02eating,
21:02looking warm
21:03and cozy.
21:04It was like
21:05they were a
21:05family while
21:06I was the
21:07intruder.
21:11My anger
21:12drained away
21:13all at once.
21:15I used to
21:15believe that if
21:16love lasted
21:17long enough and
21:17if it burned
21:18hot enough,
21:18it could melt
21:19even ice.
21:20But reality
21:20proved something
21:21simple.
21:22Love was love,
21:23and not loving
21:23someone was not
21:24loving them.
21:26In the
21:26afternoon,
21:27Kenneth returned
21:28and said he
21:29wanted to
21:29talk.
21:30Suddenly,
21:31I wanted to
21:31ask him
21:32something.
21:33Kenneth,
21:33have you ever
21:34thought about
21:35living this
21:35life properly
21:36with me all
21:37the way to
21:37the end?
21:38His answer
21:38came quickly.
21:40Of course.
21:41If I didn't
21:41want to spend
21:42my life with
21:42you, I
21:43wouldn't have
21:43married you.
21:47Can you
21:48promise me
21:48one thing
21:49then?
21:52What is
21:53it?
21:55For the
21:55next month,
21:56don't commute
21:57with Haley,
21:58don't go to
21:58work with her,
21:59and don't
21:59come home
22:00with her.
22:00He fell
22:01silent.
22:05He was just
22:05about to
22:06agree when
22:06suddenly, a
22:07scream imploded
22:08from across
22:08the hall.
22:09It was from
22:10Haley.
22:10Kenneth's facial
22:11expression changed
22:12instantly.
22:14Without even a
22:15second of
22:15hesitation, he
22:16jumped up and
22:17rushed out.
22:24I followed
22:24behind him
22:25and saw
22:25it with
22:25my own
22:26eyes.
22:39Rachel,
22:40Halo slipped
22:41in the bathroom
22:41and hit her
22:42head.
22:42I have to
22:43take her to
22:43the hospital
22:44right now.
22:51I stood
22:52there and
22:52watched them
22:53disappear behind
22:54the closing
22:54doors and
22:55didn't move
22:55for a long
22:56time.
22:58It wasn't
22:59until my
22:59phone rang
22:59that I
23:00answered.
23:05It was
23:06from the
23:06hospital.
23:08Miss
23:08Allen,
23:09Dr. Cameron
23:10said you
23:11requested Dr.
23:12Mendez to be
23:12your chief
23:13surgeon?
23:17Yes.
23:18Veronica
23:18Cameron was
23:19my university
23:19mentor.
23:20When I had
23:21gone to the
23:21hospital last
23:22time, I
23:22had used
23:23her
23:23connection.
23:26Is there
23:27anything else
23:27you want us
23:28to note?
23:30Before my
23:30surgery, I
23:32don't want
23:32Dr. Mendez
23:33to know who
23:33I am.
23:34The other
23:34party replied,
23:36Understood.
23:40I ended
23:41the call with
23:42a faint smile.
23:44Kenneth, when
23:45we meet again
23:45on the
23:46operating table,
23:47I hope you
23:47can still stay
23:48as calm as
23:49you always
23:49are.
23:50I murmured.
23:53Kenneth didn't
23:54come home at
23:54all until late
23:55at night.
23:56I stopped
23:57waiting for
23:57him like I
23:58used to.
23:58I washed
23:59up and lay
24:00down in
24:00bed, but
24:02sleep wouldn't
24:02come.
24:03I scrolled
24:04through my
24:05phone, and
24:06once again,
24:07Halini's post
24:07popped up.
24:10It's just
24:11a tiny
24:11injury, yet
24:12he still
24:12insists stay
24:13in the
24:13hospital for
24:13observation.
24:14I
24:14didn't
24:15realize that
24:15it actually
24:16feels pretty
24:16nice to be
24:17cared about.
24:17She posted
24:18a photo of
24:19the back of
24:19her hand
24:20with an
24:20IV line
24:21taped in
24:21place.
24:22In the
24:23corner of
24:23the picture,
24:25Kenneth's
24:25side profile
24:26showed up.
24:29I stared at
24:30it for a
24:30long time,
24:31and then I
24:31hit the
24:32like button.
24:36In the
24:36middle of
24:37the night,
24:38half asleep,
24:39I heard
24:39Kenneth come
24:40back.
24:40Even though
24:41he moved
24:41carefully, I
24:42still woke
24:43instantly, eyes
24:44snapping open.
24:46Rachel, it's
24:47me.
24:48Kenneth reached
24:49out and held
24:49my hand.
24:50I went quiet
24:51for a moment,
24:52then asked,
24:54Is she
24:55okay?
24:55He replied,
24:57She just
24:58suffered from
24:58minor injuries.
24:59I stayed with
25:00her for a
25:01while.
25:01I looked at
25:02Kenneth and
25:03could feel his
25:04discomfort, the
25:05awkwardness he
25:06didn't know how
25:07to hide.
25:11Go back to
25:12sleep, Rachel.
25:16Before dawn,
25:18the phone by
25:18Kenneth's pillow
25:19buzzed, and
25:20he sat up
25:21immediately.
25:21In the
25:22darkness, I
25:23watched the
25:23glow of his
25:23screen light
25:24up his face.
25:25Then he
25:25climbed out
25:26of bed
25:26quietly.
25:26I didn't
25:27ask what
25:27he was doing
25:28up so early,
25:29and I
25:29didn't want
25:30to ask.
25:30I rolled
25:31over and
25:32went back
25:32to sleep.
25:35When I
25:36woke again,
25:37it was
25:37already 7
25:38a.m.
25:39I got up
25:40to drink
25:40water and
25:41ran into
25:41Kenneth in
25:42the kitchen.
25:43He was
25:44looking up
25:44recipes on
25:45his phone.
25:46A flash of
25:47embarrassment
25:47crossed his
25:48face.
25:50Rachel,
25:53Halas said
25:54she wants
25:54the food you
25:55made last
25:55time.
25:56Can you
25:56help make
25:57it?
25:57In 5
25:58years of
25:58marriage,
25:59he had
25:59never shown
26:00that kind
26:00of effort
26:00or thoughtfulness
26:01towards me.
26:04No, I
26:05can't.
26:06Kenneth
26:07froze.
26:08Then his
26:09brows tightened.
26:10Rachel,
26:11Hales is a
26:12patient.
26:12Can you not
26:13hold things
26:14against a
26:14patient?
26:16Let's talk
26:17about what
26:17happened yesterday
26:18after she
26:19gets discharged.
26:22Rachel,
26:23you should be
26:24more generous.
26:25generous?
26:26Was I still
26:27not generous
26:27enough?
26:28I was already
26:29letting him go
26:30take care of
26:30his ex.
26:33So now I
26:34have to make
26:35food for every
26:35patient you
26:36have?
26:37Kenneth, if
26:38the one
26:38hospitalized today
26:39were me,
26:40and I wanted
26:41food, would
26:43you ask her
26:44to make it
26:44for me?
26:49He was
26:50speechless.
26:51Later,
26:52Haley still
26:53got Kenneth
26:53made food.
26:56Soon, I
26:57saw her
26:57newest
26:58Instagram
26:58post on
26:59my feed.
27:00Do you
27:00know how
27:01lucky I
27:01am?
27:02Someone who
27:02has golden
27:03hands
27:03personally
27:04made food
27:04for me,
27:04and I
27:05heard it
27:05was his
27:05first time
27:06ever.
27:07I must
27:07have done
27:08something
27:08right in
27:09my past
27:09life.
27:11I hit
27:12the like
27:12button again.
27:15After that
27:15fight ended
27:16badly,
27:17Kenneth worked
27:17late for
27:18several days
27:18in a row.
27:19That day,
27:20I went to
27:21the hospital
27:21to pick up
27:22my test
27:22results.
27:25I picked
27:26up my
27:26report.
27:27The
27:27conclusion
27:28section had
27:29even more
27:29lines than
27:30before.
27:31I was
27:31reading when
27:32I turned
27:32my head
27:33and my
27:33body
27:33accidentally
27:34collided
27:34with
27:35Kenneth,
27:35who had
27:35suddenly
27:36appeared
27:36beside me.
27:37The report
27:38slipped from
27:38my hand
27:39and fell
27:39to the
27:40floor.
27:44Rachel,
27:45why are
27:45you at
27:46the
27:46hospital?
27:48I didn't
27:49even know
27:50how to
27:50answer.
27:53Kenneth's
27:53gaze dropped
27:54to the
27:54report on
27:55the ground.
27:57He bent
27:58down to
27:58pick it
27:59up and
27:59just as he
28:00was about
28:00to read
28:01it,
28:01his phone
28:02rang.
28:04Instinctively,
28:04he pulled
28:05it out.
28:07I caught
28:07a glimpse
28:08of the
28:08screen.
28:09It was
28:10Haley
28:10calling.
28:14You
28:14suddenly
28:15have a
28:15low-grade
28:15fever?
28:18Okay.
28:19I'll come
28:20check on
28:20you right
28:21now.
28:21As he
28:22hung up,
28:23he shoved
28:23the report
28:24back into
28:24my hands,
28:25wrinkling
28:26it badly
28:26in the
28:26process.
28:27Rachel,
28:28I can't
28:28get away
28:29right now.
28:30Take care
28:30of yourself
28:30and go
28:30home early.
28:34That
28:35afternoon,
28:35I went
28:36to Kenneth's
28:36office.
28:37Through
28:38the door,
28:39I heard
28:39Haley's
28:39voice.
28:40Kenny,
28:40you should
28:41take the
28:41day off.
28:42Let's go
28:42to the
28:42beach.
28:43I can't.
28:43I have
28:44surgery
28:44scheduled.
28:45He said,
28:45but his
28:46voice was
28:46soft,
28:47softer than
28:48it ever
28:48was with
28:48me.
28:49I
28:49knocked.
28:50Kenneth
28:51saw me
28:51and his
28:51expression
28:52shifted
28:52back to
28:52cold.
28:53Rachel,
28:54what is
28:54it now?
28:55I need
28:56to talk
28:56to you
28:56about
28:57something
28:57important.
28:58It's
28:59about
28:59my
28:59health.
29:03Your
29:04health?
29:05What
29:05about it?
29:06Before I
29:07could
29:07answer,
29:08Haley
29:08spoke up.
29:11Kenny,
29:12I think
29:13Rachel might
29:13be jealous
29:13of how much
29:14time we
29:14spend together.
29:15Maybe we
29:16should give
29:16her some
29:17space.
29:18That's
29:19not...
29:20Rachel,
29:21I don't
29:21have time
29:22for this.
29:22Whatever it
29:23is can
29:23wait.
29:24I looked
29:25at him,
29:25at the way
29:26he stood
29:27so close
29:27to
29:27Haley,
29:28and I
29:28said
29:29nothing.
29:29That
29:30night,
29:30I wrote
29:31in my
29:31diary,
29:32he still
29:33doesn't
29:33know
29:33I'm
29:34dying.
29:39I
29:39coughed,
29:40and my
29:40hand came
29:41away spotted
29:42with blood.
29:46I
29:46washed
29:47it off
29:47in the
29:47sink,
29:48and went
29:48to bed
29:48alone.
29:49A week
29:50later,
29:50I finally
29:51got the
29:51courage to
29:52tell Kenneth
29:52everything.
29:53I sat
29:54him down
29:55in our
29:55living room.
29:57Kenneth,
29:58I'm
29:58sick.
29:58I have
29:59heart
29:59failure,
29:59late
30:00stage.
30:00I need
30:01surgery.
30:02And I
30:02want
30:02you
30:02to
30:02be
30:02the
30:02one
30:02to
30:03operate.
30:03He
30:04stared
30:04at
30:04me
30:04for
30:04a
30:04long
30:05moment.
30:06Then
30:07his
30:07face
30:07hardened.
30:09Is this
30:10some
30:10kind
30:10of
30:10test?
30:11You
30:11want
30:11to
30:11see
30:12if
30:12I'll
30:12drop
30:12everything
30:12to
30:13save
30:13you?
30:14No,
30:15Kenneth,
30:15I'm
30:16telling
30:16you
30:16the
30:17truth.
30:19Enough,
30:20Rachel.
30:20If you're
30:21sick,
30:21show me
30:21the
30:21report.
30:22Otherwise,
30:23stop
30:23playing
30:23games.
30:24He
30:24stood
30:24up and
30:25walked
30:25out,
30:26slamming
30:26the
30:26door.
30:32The
30:33medical
30:33report
30:34was still
30:34in my
30:35bag,
30:35crumpled
30:36and
30:36unread.
30:39Hayla Lee
30:40started coming
30:41to our
30:41home.
30:42Kenneth
30:42said she
30:43needed a
30:43place to
30:43stay while
30:44her apartment
30:45was being
30:45renovated.
30:47she
30:48walked
30:48through
30:49our
30:49house
30:49like
30:49she
30:49owned
30:50it.
30:50She
30:51touched
30:51much
30:51my
30:52things.
30:53She
30:53sat
30:53in
30:53my
30:54chair
30:54at
30:54the
30:54dining
30:55table.
30:57One
30:57evening,
30:58I came
30:59home to
30:59find her
30:59wearing
31:00my
31:00dresses.
31:02Rachel,
31:03I hope
31:03you don't
31:03mind.
31:04Kenneth
31:04said I
31:05could borrow
31:05it.
31:06He
31:06always
31:06did
31:06have
31:07good
31:07taste.
31:08I
31:08said
31:09nothing.
31:11I went
31:12to my
31:12room and
31:13wrote in
31:13my
31:13diary.
31:14She's
31:15living in
31:15my
31:15house
31:15now.
31:16He
31:16doesn't
31:16see how
31:17she
31:17looks
31:17at
31:17me.
31:18Like
31:18she's
31:18already
31:18won.
31:19Maybe
31:20she
31:20has.
31:22That
31:23night,
31:23Kenneth
31:24came
31:24home
31:24late.
31:25I
31:25could
31:25hear
31:25him
31:26and
31:26Haley
31:26laughing
31:26in
31:27the
31:27living
31:27room.
31:27I
31:28stayed
31:28in
31:28the
31:28bedroom,
31:29clutching
31:29my
31:30chest
31:30as
31:30another
31:30wave
31:31of
31:31pain
31:31rolled
31:31through.
31:34The
31:34next
31:34morning
31:35at
31:35breakfast,
31:36Haley
31:36Humphrey
31:37accidentally
31:38knocked
31:38over my
31:39cup
31:39of
31:39tea.
31:40It
31:40spilled
31:41across
31:41the
31:41table,
31:42soaking
31:43my
31:43notebook.
31:46Rachel,
31:46let me
31:47help
31:47you
31:47clean
31:47that
31:48up,
31:48she
31:48said,
31:49reaching
31:49for my
31:49diary.
31:51No,
31:52I
31:52said,
31:52pulling
31:53it
31:53away.
31:54Don't
31:54touch
31:55it.
31:55Kenneth
31:56frowned.
31:56Rachel,
31:57she
31:58was
31:58just
31:58trying
31:58to
31:58help.
31:59Don't
31:59be
32:00rude.
32:00I
32:00looked
32:01at
32:01him,
32:01and
32:02for
32:02the
32:02first
32:02time,
32:03I
32:03didn't
32:03apologize.
32:05I
32:06just
32:06took
32:06my
32:07diary
32:07and
32:07walked
32:07out
32:08of
32:08the
32:08room.
32:08A
32:09week
32:09later,
32:10Kenneth
32:10was
32:10called
32:10in
32:10for
32:11an
32:11emergency
32:11surgery.
32:12He
32:12asked
32:13me
32:13to
32:13come
32:13to
32:13the
32:13hospital.
32:14He
32:14needed
32:14to
32:15talk
32:15to
32:15me.
32:17When
32:17I
32:18arrived,
32:19Dr.
32:19Robbins
32:19was
32:19with
32:20him.
32:21Rachel
32:21Allen,
32:22Kenneth
32:22has
32:22reviewed
32:22your
32:22case.
32:23He's
32:23agreed
32:24to
32:24be
32:24your
32:24surgeon.
32:25I
32:25looked
32:25at
32:25Kenneth.
32:26His
32:27face
32:27was
32:27unreadable.
32:29Why
32:30did
32:30you
32:30wait
32:30so
32:30long
32:31to
32:31tell
32:31me?
32:31He
32:31asked
32:32quietly.
32:32You
32:32should
32:33have
32:33told
32:33me
32:33sooner.
32:34I
32:34tried
32:34several
32:35times.
32:36You
32:36didn't
32:36want
32:36to
32:36hear
32:37it.
32:38He
32:39flinched.
32:43For
32:43a moment,
32:44something
32:44like guilt
32:45crossed
32:45his
32:45face.
32:46The
32:46surgery
32:47is
32:47scheduled
32:47for
32:47next
32:47week.
32:48I'll
32:48be
32:48the
32:48lead
32:48surgeon.
32:50Rachel,
32:50I'll
32:50do
32:50everything
32:51I
32:51can.
32:56I
32:57know
32:57you
32:57will,
32:57but I
32:57also
32:58knew
32:58the
32:58survival
32:59rate.
33:00Less
33:00than
33:0010%.
33:01I
33:02was
33:02putting
33:02my
33:02life
33:02in
33:03the
33:03hands
33:03of
33:03a
33:03man
33:03who
33:04hadn't
33:04looked
33:04at
33:04me
33:04with
33:05love
33:05in
33:05years.
33:06That
33:07night,
33:08I
33:09wrote
33:09my
33:09final
33:09entries.
33:10I
33:10detailed
33:11everything.
33:12Every
33:12time he
33:12chose
33:13her.
33:13Every
33:13time he
33:14let
33:14her
33:14hurt
33:14me.
33:14Every
33:15cold
33:15word.
33:15Every
33:15slammed
33:16door.
33:16I
33:17wrote
33:17about
33:17the
33:17day
33:18I
33:18got
33:18diagnosis
33:19and
33:19made
33:19him
33:19dinner
33:20while
33:20he
33:20ate
33:20cake
33:21with
33:21her.
33:22I
33:22wrote
33:23until
33:23my
33:23hand
33:24cramps
33:24and
33:25my
33:25tears
33:25blurred
33:26the
33:26ink.
33:29The
33:30day
33:30of the
33:30surgery
33:31arrived.
33:32I
33:32lay
33:32on the
33:33operating
33:33table.
33:34the
33:35bright
33:35lights
33:36above
33:36me.
33:36Kenneth
33:37stood
33:37over
33:37me
33:37in
33:38his
33:38surgical
33:38gown.
33:39For
33:39a
33:39moment
33:40he
33:40reached
33:40down
33:40and
33:41touched
33:41my
33:41hand.
33:42Rachel,
33:43I'm
33:44going to
33:44do
33:44everything
33:44I
33:45can.
33:45Just
33:46hold
33:46on.
33:47There's
33:48something
33:48I need
33:48to tell
33:49you.
33:50My
33:50voice
33:51was
33:51weak.
33:52Everything
33:52I
33:52wrote
33:53in
33:53my
33:53diary,
33:53it's
33:54all
33:54there.
33:54Everything
33:55I
33:55never
33:55said
33:56out
33:56loud.
33:57Don't
33:57talk
33:57like
33:58that.
33:59You're
33:59going
33:59to
33:59be
34:00fine.
34:03But
34:03I
34:03saw
34:04the
34:04fear
34:04in
34:04his
34:04eyes.
34:06For
34:07the
34:07first
34:07time
34:07in
34:07years,
34:08he
34:08was
34:08looking
34:08at
34:09me,
34:09really
34:10looking
34:10at
34:10me,
34:10and
34:11what
34:11he
34:11saw
34:12terrified
34:12him.
34:13The
34:14anesthesia
34:14started
34:15to take
34:15effect.
34:16The
34:17last
34:17thing I
34:17saw
34:18was
34:18Kenneth's
34:18face,
34:19pale
34:19and
34:20desperate,
34:20as
34:21the
34:21monitors
34:21began
34:22to
34:22beep.
34:23The
34:24surgery
34:24went
34:24wrong.
34:27Haylene
34:28was supposed
34:28to call
34:29the blood
34:29bank for
34:30an emergency
34:30delivery.
34:31She
34:32never
34:32made
34:32the
34:32call.
34:33Later,
34:33Kenneth
34:34would
34:34say she
34:34sat in
34:35the
34:35break
34:35room,
34:36scrolling
34:36through
34:36her
34:36phone,
34:37while I
34:37bled out
34:38on
34:38the table.
34:41He
34:41screamed
34:42for blood
34:42that never
34:43came.
34:44I died
34:45on Kenneth
34:46Mendez's
34:46operating table.
34:47He was
34:48the last
34:49face I
34:49saw,
34:50the last
34:50voice I
34:51heard,
34:52screaming
34:52my name.
34:53After
34:54my death,
34:55my diary
34:55was found.
34:57A friend
34:57of mine,
34:58Anthony,
34:59discovered it
34:59among my
35:00things and
35:00posted
35:00excerpts
35:01online.
35:02The post
35:03went viral.
35:08My death
35:08diary.
35:14Every entry
35:16documenting how
35:17Kenneth treated
35:17me, how
35:18Halisa tormented
35:19me, how I
35:20died alone, in
35:21pain, invisible
35:22to the man I
35:22loved.
35:26Kenneth sat in
35:27our empty
35:27house, reading
35:28my diary page
35:29by page, reading
35:30about the
35:30night, I
35:31called him
35:32and heard
35:32her voice.
35:38About the
35:38movie we
35:39never saw,
35:40about every
35:40small cruelty
35:41he had
35:42ignored.
35:45The more
35:46he read,
35:47the more
35:47he broke.
35:52When he
35:52reached the
35:53entry about
35:53the night
35:54before surgery,
35:55I'm putting
35:55my life in
35:56his hands.
35:57I don't
35:58know if
35:58he'll catch
35:58me or let
35:59me fall.
36:00He collapsed.
36:07He is
36:08called
36:08Haley.
36:12She didn't
36:13answer.
36:16He drove to
36:17the hospital
36:18and burst
36:18into her
36:19office, wild-eyed.
36:22were the
36:23things Rachel
36:24recorded real?
36:25Haley tried
36:26to play
36:27dumb.
36:30I don't
36:30know what
36:31you're talking
36:31about.
36:32She's dead.
36:33Let it
36:34go.
36:41He beat
36:42her until
36:42security pulled
36:43him off.
36:43He was
36:44fired on the
36:45spot.
36:47Kenneth
36:47returned home
36:48and began
36:49sorting
36:49through my
36:50belongings.
36:52He found
36:53the necklace
36:54Haley had
36:54torn into
36:55three pieces.
36:56He read
36:57my diary
36:57over and
36:58over,
36:58for three
36:59days straight,
37:00neither eating
37:00nor drinking.
37:03The
37:04handwriting
37:04blurred under
37:05his tears
37:05until the
37:06words were
37:06unreadable.
37:07Then he
37:08collapsed.
37:09When he
37:10woke in the
37:11hospital,
37:12Anthony was
37:12sitting beside
37:13him.
37:15Anthony's
37:15eyes were
37:16cold.
37:19I ran
37:20into Rachel
37:20about a
37:21month ago.
37:21She was
37:22alone,
37:22waiting outside
37:23the ultrasound
37:24room.
37:24I thought it
37:24was just a
37:25routine checkup.
37:26If I had
37:26asked one
37:26more question...
37:28Anthony's
37:28voice broke.
37:29Kenneth,
37:30what you did
37:30is inhuman!
37:31You're an
37:32animal!
37:33I was wrong.
37:34I'm sorry,
37:35Rachel.
37:36Kenneth kept
37:36murmuring.
37:37I'm sorry.
37:38He pulled
37:38out his IV,
37:40staggered out
37:40of the hospital,
37:41and got into
37:42a taxi.
37:44Kenneth nearly
37:44got into a
37:45car accident
37:46on the way
37:46back.
37:47He spotted
37:47a blood
37:48donation bus
37:48and pulled
37:49over.
37:49Can I
37:49donate blood?
37:50He asked
37:51the phy
37:51autonomist,
37:52Mira.
37:52Of course
37:52you can.
37:53But as
37:53he answered
37:53the screening
37:54questions,
37:55Mira noticed
37:55his mental
37:56state was
37:56abnormal.
37:58Why do
37:58you want
37:58to donate
37:59blood?
37:59Kenneth
38:00froze,
38:00then choked
38:01up.
38:03Because
38:04Rachel died.
38:05I was
38:05operating on
38:06her.
38:06The blood
38:07bank was
38:08short.
38:08There was
38:08no blood
38:09in stock.
38:09So I
38:10want to
38:10donate
38:10blood.
38:11Maybe my
38:11blood can
38:12save a
38:12life.
38:15But
38:16Kenneth's
38:16blood was
38:17unhealthy.
38:18His
38:18transcyclinide
38:19levels were
38:19elevated from
38:20his psychological
38:21collapse.
38:22He didn't
38:23even qualify
38:24to donate.
38:25Before he
38:25got off the
38:26bus,
38:26Mira hesitated.
38:27Recently,
38:27our city's
38:28blood bank
38:28has been
38:29treteval.
38:29There
38:29shouldn't have
38:30been a
38:30situation
38:31where
38:31there was
38:32no blood
38:32in stock.
38:34Kenneth
38:34froze.
38:36He
38:36immediately
38:37called
38:37Anthony.
38:38Kenneth,
38:38I've
38:39checked.
38:39On the
38:39day you
38:40operated on
38:40Rachel,
38:40the blood
38:41bank supply
38:41was sufficient.
38:42No
38:42operating room
38:43needed emergency
38:43blood that
38:44day.
38:44They never
38:44received a
38:45call from
38:45Haley.
38:48Like a
38:49madman,
38:50Kenneth rushed
38:50to Haley's
38:51apartment.
38:51She had
38:52just finished
38:52showering.
38:53On the
38:54day of
38:54Rachel's
38:54surgery,
38:55I told
38:56you to
38:56go to
38:56the blood
38:57bank.
38:57Did you
38:58actually go
38:58or not?
38:59Of course
39:00I went,
39:00she stammered.
39:02How could
39:03I not have
39:04gone?
39:04You liar!
39:06You never
39:06went!
39:08Kenneth
39:08roared.
39:09I really
39:10did go,
39:10Kenneth.
39:11You're
39:11pinning her
39:12death on
39:12me.
39:13Haley
39:14burst into
39:14tears.
39:16My life
39:16was ruined
39:17by her
39:17diary.
39:18I got
39:19fired too.
39:20Kenneth
39:21advanced on
39:22Haley in
39:22fury.
39:25Do you
39:26think I
39:26have no
39:26evidence?
39:27The blood
39:27bank doctors
39:28can all
39:28testify you
39:29never went.
39:30I'm going
39:31to sue
39:31you.
39:31This is
39:32a crime.
39:38Just
39:39then,
39:40an old
39:40man rushed
39:41in and
39:41shielded
39:42Haley.
39:42Stop!
39:47who
39:48is
39:48this?
39:49The
39:49man
39:50sneered.
39:54You
39:55must be
39:55Halo's
39:55idiot
39:56ex-boyfriend.
39:57I'm
39:57warning you,
39:58stay away
39:59from her.
40:00Back
40:00then,
40:01she dumped
40:02you so she
40:03could go
40:03abroad with
40:04me.
40:05Later,
40:05my wife
40:06forced her
40:06back,
40:07but now
40:07I'm back
40:08too,
40:08so she
40:08still won't
40:09choose
40:09you.
40:10Kenneth
40:10could hardly
40:11believe it.
40:12Haley,
40:13what is
40:13really going
40:14on?
40:15At this
40:16point,
40:17Haley
40:17could no
40:18longer
40:18keep up
40:19her
40:19pretend.
40:20Kenneth,
40:20yes,
40:21I'm a
40:21gold digger.
40:22Cedric
40:22gives me
40:23money,
40:23so I
40:23stay
40:24with him.
40:24You
40:24were a
40:25poor
40:25nobody
40:25back
40:25then.
40:27What
40:27right
40:28did you
40:28have
40:29to be
40:29with
40:29me?
40:32She
40:33poured
40:33out
40:33everything
40:33she
40:34had
40:34done
40:34to
40:34me.
40:35Rachel
40:35was
40:36killed
40:36by
40:36me.
40:37Yes,
40:37I
40:37deliberately
40:38didn't
40:38go to
40:39the
40:39blood
40:39base.
40:39I
40:40did
40:40so
40:40many
40:40things
40:41to
40:41her.
40:41Isn't
40:41heart
40:42patience
40:42not
40:42supposed
40:43to
40:43be
40:43stimulated?
40:44I
40:44deliberately
40:44kept
40:45stimulating
40:45her
40:46over
40:46and
40:46over.
40:49Kenneth
40:50went
40:50mad.
40:53He
40:53shoved
40:54Cedric
40:54aside
40:54and
40:55lunged
40:55forward,
40:56strangling
40:56Haley.
41:05Cedric
41:06has
41:06plenty
41:07of
41:07connections.
41:08You're
41:08finished!
41:10Those
41:11words
41:11broke
41:12something
41:12in
41:12Kenneth.
41:13He
41:13pushed
41:14the
41:14guards
41:14away,
41:15rushed
41:15into
41:16the
41:16kitchen,
41:17grabbed
41:17a
41:17cleaver
41:17and
41:18hacked
41:18wildly
41:18at
41:19Haley,
41:21killing
41:22her
41:22on the
41:22spot.
41:23After
41:24hacking
41:24Haley
41:24to
41:25death,
41:26Kenneth
41:26staggered
41:26into
41:27the
41:27room,
41:27locked
41:28the
41:28door,
41:28and
41:29dropped
41:29to
41:29his
41:29knees.
41:30Rachel,
41:31I've
41:31avenged
41:32you.
41:32I'm
41:33so
41:33sorry.
41:33I
41:34was
41:34truly
41:35blind.
41:36Sirens
41:37blared.
41:38The
41:38police
41:38had
41:39arrived.
41:40Kenneth
41:41staggered
41:41to
41:41the
41:41window
41:42and
41:42looked
41:42down.
41:43A
41:43height
41:44of
41:44more
41:44than
41:44ten
41:44stories
41:45was
41:45enough.
41:46Rachel,
41:46can
41:46you
41:47forgive
41:47me?
41:48He
41:49shouted
41:49as
41:49he
41:49leaped
41:50from
41:50the
41:50building.
41:51After
41:51Kenneth
41:51committed
41:52suicide,
41:53his
41:53soul
41:54separated
41:54from
41:55his
41:55body,
41:55and
41:56he
41:56was
41:56finally
41:56able
41:57to
41:57see
41:57me.
42:00Rachel,
42:01I
42:01finally
42:02get
42:02to
42:02see
42:02you.
42:03He
42:03rushed
42:03over,
42:04wanting
42:04to
42:04hug
42:04me,
42:05but
42:05discovered
42:05that
42:05an
42:08he
42:09could
42:09see
42:09me,
42:10yet
42:10no
42:10matter
42:10what,
42:12he
42:13could
42:13not
42:13touch
42:13me.
42:16Kenneth's
42:16expression
42:17shifted
42:17from
42:18initial
42:18disbelief
42:19to
42:19growing
42:20despair.
42:21Rachel,
42:23are you
42:24still
42:25unwilling
42:25to
42:25forgive
42:26me?
42:27I
42:28did
42:28not
42:28say
42:28a
42:28word.
42:29I
42:30merely
42:30looked
42:30at
42:30him
42:31with
42:31utter
42:31indifference.
42:34At
42:35that
42:35moment,
42:35a
42:36powerful
42:36suction
42:37enveloped
42:37us.
42:38Carried
42:39along
42:39by
42:39that
42:39force,
42:40I
42:40lost
42:41all
42:41consciousness.
42:43When I
42:43opened my
42:44eyes again,
42:45voices
42:45clambered
42:46all around
42:47me.
42:47Dragging
42:48a
42:48suitcase,
42:49I
42:49was
42:49standing
42:50at
42:50the
42:50entrance
42:50of
42:50New
42:51York
42:51Medical
42:51College.
42:54I
42:55had
42:55been
42:55reborn.
42:57Astonishingly,
42:57I had
42:58returned to
42:58the very
42:59day of
42:59college
42:59registration.
43:00Looking
43:00at the
43:01familiar
43:01yet
43:01unfamiliar
43:02surroundings,
43:03at
43:03face
43:03after
43:03face
43:04brimming
43:04with
43:04youth,
43:05my
43:05eyes
43:05suddenly
43:06reddened.
43:06Hey,
43:07I can
43:08help you
43:08carry
43:08your
43:08luggage.
43:09A familiar
43:09voice sounded
43:10from behind
43:11me.
43:12I steadied
43:12myself for
43:13a few
43:13seconds,
43:14then turned
43:14around and
43:15saw Kenneth
43:15as he was
43:16back in
43:16college.
43:17The
43:18unfamiliarness
43:18in his
43:19eyes and
43:19that faint
43:20distant
43:20politeness
43:21were exactly
43:22the same
43:22as back
43:23then.
43:24This
43:24confirmed
43:25that he
43:25had not
43:26been
43:26reborn
43:27like I
43:27had.
43:28I
43:29studied
43:29him
43:29carefully.
43:30After a
43:31long
43:31while,
43:32I suddenly
43:32broke
43:33into a
43:33gentle
43:34smile.
43:36No need,
43:37thanks.
43:37Thanks.
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