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00:00In the fifth year of my marriage to Kenneth Mendez, Haley Humphrey, the love of his life, moved back home
00:05after her divorce.
00:07His heart went back to her, and he had no idea I was already in the final stages of a
00:12terminal illness.
00:13The doctor said that if I went into surgery, my chances of surviving were under 10%.
00:20So I decided to put my life in Kenneth's hands. 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 wasn't back.
00:39I couldn't help calling him. The phone rang five times before he finally picked up.
00:45What is it?
00:46He snapped.
00:48I'm working. I just got assigned an emergency surgery.
00:53I'm sorry. I thought...
00:57And what exactly did you think?
00:59He cut in. His voice sharp enough to shut me up.
01:03But the very next second, a familiar girl's voice came through the speaker.
01:07Kenny, do you like cream cake?
01:12My grip tightened on the phone.
01:15Kenneth?
01:17Hey, 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 medical 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?
01:51I spotted a cream cake with happy birthday hails written on it.
01:54So today wasn't just our anniversary.
01:57It was Haley birthday too.
02:00Rachel, do you want some cake?
02:02Haley asked.
02:05She 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?
02:16Kenneth, I need to talk to you about something.
02:18Can we talk alone for a minute?
02:20I don't have time tonight.
02:22Why the special trip just to keep tabs on me?
02:24His eyes flashed with anger.
02:27I 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.
03:04I 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.
03:25He was a junior when I got accepted into New York Medical College.
03:31I arrived on campus alone with my luggage.
03:34While everyone else had parents and relatives around them, I stood out like an orphan.
03:39That 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.
03:57When 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.
04:18No 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?
05:22The pain in my body left me unable to speak for a moment.
05:27Just then, his gaze landed on the cream cake on the dining table that read,
05:31Happy 5th Anniversary, Honey.
05:38So yesterday was our anniversary.
05:42Yeah.
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.
05:55A 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,
06:07why did his coat smell like perfume?
06:10A fine, stabbing ache crawled through my chest again.
06:13He mistook my silence as swulking,
06:15and his brows tightened slightly.
06:18Rachel, I've been drowning in work.
06:20Forgetting anniversary is normal.
06:22If it bothers you that much,
06:25I'll make it up to you in a few days.
06:28Agony spread across my chest,
06:31making me double over in pain.
06:37You probably just have low blood sugar again.
06:43I 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,
06:51but 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.
07:10Let'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.
07:22Kenny, I'm at the hospital.
07:23I think I twisted my ankle.
07:25Can you come get me?
07:27Without a second of hesitation,
07:29Kenneth 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.
07:38I 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,
07:50but 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,
07:59my 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
08:12about my condition.
08:13Ms. Allen,
08:14your heart failure
08:14is progressing faster than expected.
08:16You need surgery immediately.
08:18Without it,
08:18you have less than a month.
08:25And with surgery?
08:29Less than 10%.
08:33I 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,
08:45I said.
08:45If I die,
08:46I die on his table.
08:47If I live,
08:48it'll be because he saved me.
08:50Either way,
08:50he'll have to look at what he's been ignoring
08:52all this time.
08:54When I left the hospital,
08:56the 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 and Haley
09:20walking 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
09:49to have married you.
09:53My breathing slowed,
09:55and I looked up at Kenneth.
09:57He instinctively avoided my gaze,
09:59but then his eyes hardened again.
10:01Hales just got back from overseas.
10:04She doesn't have anywhere to stay.
10:06Coincidentally,
10:07the place across to our apartment
10:08was for rent.
10:09She liked it,
10:10so she moved in.
10:12She hadn't eaten yet,
10:13so I took the more new cut meal
10:14to 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 into 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 to the dining table.
10:41When he finally let me see again,
10:44I looked down and saw
10:46an expensive necklace sitting there.
10:51Do you like it?
10:54I nodded.
10:56Kenneth picked it up
10:57and fastened it around my neck.
11:00The small diamond
11:01rested right in the hollow
11:03of 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 this gift
11:14was really just him making up
11:15for forgetting our wedding anniversary,
11:17and maybe there was
11:18a little guilty mixed in
11:19for letting down my feelings,
11:21I still felt happy
11:22for the first time
11:23in a long while.
11:25Before bed,
11:26he fell asleep quickly,
11:28but I couldn't drift off at all.
11:30While scrolling on my phone,
11:32I accidentally saw a post
11:34Haley had made
11:35an hour earlier on Instagram.
11:36Happiness is when the person
11:38you've kept in your heart
11:39has been waiting for you
11:40in the same place all along.
11:42I didn't know if she made
11:44that post visible only to me,
11:46but the photo hit like a knife,
11:47stabbing my eyes in an instant.
11:52It was a photo of a diamond ring,
11:55engraved with their initials.
11:57The necklace Kenneth had given me tonight
11:59was from the same brand.
12:03My hands were shaking
12:04as I reached for Kenneth's phone.
12:06He was careful in the way
12:08he handled things,
12:09but he'd never bothered
12:10putting a password on his phone,
12:13and he'd never guarded it from me.
12:19I unlocked it easily.
12:22I opened the Amazon app
12:24and went to the orders page.
12:26In the orders section,
12:28I found a diamond ring
12:29he had reserved a week ago
12:30and the necklace he had rushed
12:32to order just yesterday.
12:33Then I saw his chat
12:34with customer service.
12:35The ring is a birthday present.
12:37Make sure it arrives
12:38before the 17th.
12:40My vision blurred
12:41before I even realized it.
12:45A birthday gift
12:47and a makeup present,
12:50a diamond ring,
12:51and a necklace.
12:52I forced myself out of bed,
12:54fighting nausea,
12:55and ran into the bathroom.
12:58I clutched the toilet
13:00and threw up violently.
13:02My stomach was already empty,
13:05so 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 swallowed nausea.
13:24My face went white,
13:26and my lips turned
13:27bluish-purple.
13:28It hurt so badly
13:29it felt like it was
13:30tearing me apart.
13:32Kenneth finally realized
13:33something was off.
13:34He picked me up
13:35and carried me back to the bed.
13:41Rachel,
13:42didn't I tell you
13:43to go to the hospital
13:44for a checkup?
13:45You really need
13:46to get tested.
13:47You're the doctor,
13:48I said,
13:49tugging at the corner
13:50of my mouth.
13:51Can't you tell
13:52if there's something
13:53wrong with me?
13:54A 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.
14:08You probably just ate
14:09too much tonight.
14:10Try to get some sleep,
14:12okay?
14:14I didn't bother arguing,
14:16but 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.
14:23You'll see me lying
14:24on your operating table
14:25with only a 10% chance
14:26of surviving.
14:29Early 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
14:39an apron
14:39and moving around
14:41the kitchen
14:41in a calm,
14:42practiced way,
14:43cooking like it was
14:44second nature.
14:53I 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 and mess.
15:00After marriage,
15:01I took care of everything myself
15:03and never once let 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
15:12because of the grease and mess.
15:14After marriage,
15:15I take care of everything myself
15:17and never once let those hands
15:19that held a scalpel
15:20to touch household chores.
15:22Yet today,
15:23out of nowhere,
15:24he was actually cooking.
15:31I was still confused
15:32when I suddenly saw
15:33Haylene walk out of our bedroom.
15:36She looked toward the kitchen
15:37and whined sweetly.
15:40Kenneth,
15:41is the food ready yet?
15:42I'm starving.
15:44Almost.
15:44Kenneth answered
15:45without turning around,
15:47his voice smiling.
15:49You little foodie.
15:51The whole scene
15:52was so absurd
15:53it pinned me to the spot.
15:56It felt like
15:58I had walked
15:58into the wrong apartment
15:59and accidentally
16:00entered someone else's
16:02warm,
16:03happy home.
16:04She teased
16:05and he laughed.
16:07Only I didn't belong here.
16:12So it wasn't that
16:13Kenneth couldn't cook.
16:14He just didn't want to.
16:16His cooking was only
16:17for the person
16:18he was willing to cook for.
16:21Hayley acted as if
16:23she had just noticed me.
16:24Rachel!
16:25You're back!
16:27The surprise on her face
16:29appeared at exactly
16:30the right moment.
16:32She smiled brightly
16:34and grabbed my hand.
16:35This morning
16:36I went to the market
16:37with Kenneth
16:37and bought so many groceries.
16:39We girls should enjoy
16:40the results.
16:44Right?
16:45Let him do all the work.
16:46Come sit down.
16:47You have to try his cooking.
16:49He's really good.
16:53I let her pull me along
16:54numb
16:55and stiff.
16:59The ring on her left
17:00ring niggots
17:01scraped hard
17:02against my skin.
17:03It hurt
17:04and the pain
17:05snapped me awake.
17:07Rachel,
17:08I'm honestly so jealous.
17:10You get to eat
17:10Kenneth's cooking
17:11every day.
17:12Her voice turned
17:12even sweeter.
17:13I don't have that
17:14kind of luck anymore.
17:15Back then,
17:16Kenneth actually learned
17:17to cook just for me
17:18but I barely got to
17:19eat it a few times
17:20before I went abroad.
17:22As if she'd suddenly
17:23realized she'd said
17:24too much.
17:25She stuck her tongue out.
17:28That's all in the past now.
17:31Rachel,
17:31I really do appreciate you
17:33for taking such good
17:34care of Kenneth.
17:36I stared at her,
17:37my hands and feet
17:39turning ice cold.
17:41The food's ready.
17:42Let's eat first.
17:44Kenneth said
17:44as he walked over,
17:45cutting the conversation off.
17:47The dishes were extravagant.
17:49An entire table
17:50of seaweed.
17:51I didn't touch a thing.
17:53There wasn't a single dish
17:54on that table
17:55that I could eat.
17:56When I didn't pick up
17:57my fork,
17:58Kenneth finally
17:58seemed to remember.
18:01His expression
18:02turned slightly awkward.
18:06Rachel,
18:07sorry.
18:07I didn't know
18:08you'd come back today.
18:09Otherwise,
18:09I would have made
18:10a couple of other dishes.
18:11Hayley blinked.
18:13Rachel doesn't like
18:14seafood?
18:16She's allergic
18:17to seafood.
18:18What a shame,
18:20Hayley said.
18:21Kenneth's seafood dishes
18:22are actually his best.
18:24She picked up
18:24a garlic butter prawn
18:26and dropped it
18:27into Kenneth's plate,
18:28smiling playfully.
18:32Dr. Mendez,
18:33would you please
18:34peel one for me?
18:35You really are
18:36getting more spoiled
18:37by the day,
18:37he said,
18:38but he smiled
18:39like he didn't mind
18:40at all.
18:43He peeled a shrimp
18:45and placed it
18:46in 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
18:57and peeling a prawn
18:58for another woman
18:59in our marital home.
19:00Kenneth,
19:01don't you think
19:02this is inappropriate?
19:03I said,
19:04calling it out.
19:05For the first time
19:06in forever,
19:07he actually
19:08explained himself.
19:10Hales is a guest.
19:11So peeling a prawn
19:12for a guest
19:13was considered
19:14good manners?
19:20After all these
19:21years of marriage,
19:22Kenneth had never
19:22peeled fruit for me.
19:23He'd barely even
19:24placed food on my plate.
19:26Hayley pretended
19:27to realize the issue
19:28and looked at me
19:29innocently.
19:30Rachel,
19:31I just didn't want
19:32to get my hands dirty.
19:34You're not mad,
19:35right?
19:36I met her bright,
19:38sly eyes.
19:39And suddenly
19:39everything clicked.
19:41I thought,
19:41no.
19:42Why would I be mad?
19:43I was just disgusted.
19:45Since there's nothing
19:46on this table
19:46I can even eat,
19:47you two take your time.
19:48I'm going back
19:49to the bedroom.
19:50Then,
19:50I stood up
19:51and left the table.
19:56Outside the door,
19:57I faintly heard
19:58Haylen's voice.
20:00Is Rachel mad?
20:01Kenneth,
20:02maybe you should
20:03go explain.
20:06It's just that
20:07I have a cut
20:07on my hand
20:08so I couldn't
20:08peel the prawn myself.
20:10I don't want
20:10her to misunderstand.
20:11Kenneth's reply
20:12was indifferent,
20:12like it didn't matter
20:13at all.
20:14There's no need.
20:15It's a small thing.
20:16She can figure it out
20:17on her own.
20:17She laughed again,
20:18cheerful and smug.
20:20True.
20:20Rachel really does
20:21seem so mature.
20:22I leaned weakly
20:23against the door,
20:24enduring the dull ache
20:26rising in my chest.
20:28My eyes drifted down
20:30without thinking.
20:31On the floor
20:32lay a necklace,
20:33snapped into three pieces.
20:35The necklace
20:36Kenneth gave me
20:36last night?
20:37This morning
20:38I'd taken it off
20:38and placed it neatly
20:39on the bedside tipple.
20:40I never expected
20:41it would be yanked apart
20:42and thrown onto the floor
20:43like trash.
20:47Haylene had just
20:48walked out of our bedroom.
20:49It was obvious
20:50who did it.
20:52She wasn't even trying
20:53to keep up appearances
20:54anymore.
20:55I was so angry
20:56I wanted to storm out
20:57and confront her.
20:58But the moment
20:59I opened the door
21:00I saw Kenneth and Haylene
21:01sitting together,
21:02eating,
21:02looking warm and cozy.
21:04It was like they were
21:06a family
21:06while I was the intruder.
21:11My anger
21:12drained away
21:13all at once.
21:15I used to believe
21:16that if love
21:16lasted long enough
21:17and if it burned hot enough
21:19it could melt even ice.
21:20But reality proved
21:21something simple.
21:22Love was love
21:23and not loving someone
21:24was not loving them.
21:26In the afternoon
21:27Kenneth returned
21:28and said he wanted
21:29to talk.
21:30Suddenly
21:31I wanted to ask him
21:32something.
21:33Kenneth,
21:34have you ever thought
21:35about living this life
21:36properly with me
21:37all the way to the end?
21:38His answer came quickly.
21:40Of course.
21:41If I didn't want to
21:42spend my life with you
21:43I wouldn't have married you.
21:47Can you promise me
21:48one thing then?
21:53What is it?
21:55For the next month
21:56don't commute with Hayley
21:58don't go to work with her
21:59and don't come home with her.
22:00He fell silent.
22:05He was just about to agree
22:06when suddenly
22:07a scream
22:08abloded from across the hall.
22:09It was from Hayley.
22:11Kenneth's facial expression
22:12changed instantly.
22:14Without even a second
22:15of hesitation
22:16he jumped up
22:17and rushed out.
22:24I followed behind him
22:25and saw it
22:26with my own eyes.
22:39Rachel
22:40Hayley slipped in the bathroom
22:42and hit her head.
22:42I have to take her
22:43to the hospital right now.
22:51I stood there
22:52and watched them
22:53disappear behind
22:54the closing doors
22:55and didn't move
22:56for a long time.
22:58It wasn't until
22:59my phone rang
23:00that I answered.
23:05It was from the hospital.
23:08Ms. Allen
23:09Dr. Cameron said
23:11you requested
23:11Dr. Mendez
23:12to be your chief surgeon?
23:17Yes.
23:18Veronica Cameron
23:19was my university mentor.
23:20When I had gone
23:21to the hospital last time
23:22I had used her connection.
23:26Is there anything else
23:27you want us to note?
23:30Before my surgery
23:31I don't want Dr. Mendez
23:33to know who I am.
23:34The other party replied
23:36understood.
23:40I ended the call
23:42with a faint smile.
23:44Kenneth
23:44when we meet again
23:46on the operating table
23:47I hope you can still
23:48stay as calm
23:49as you always are.
23:50I murmured.
23:53Kenneth didn't come home
23:54at all until late at night.
23:56I stopped waiting
23:57for him like I used to.
23:58I washed up
23:59and lay down in bed.
24:01But sleep wouldn't come.
24:03I scrolled through my phone
24:05and once again
24:06Halini's post popped up.
24:10It's just a tiny injury
24:12yet he still insists
24:13stay in the hospital
24:13for observation.
24:14I took and realized
24:15that it actually feels
24:16pretty nice to be cared about.
24:17She posted a photo
24:19of the back of her hand
24:20with an IV line
24:21taped in place.
24:22In the corner of the picture
24:25Kenneth's side profile
24:26showed up.
24:29I stared at it
24:30for a long time
24:31and then I hit
24:32the like button.
24:36In the middle of the night
24:38half asleep
24:39I heard Kenneth come back.
24:41Even though he moved
24:42carefully
24:42I still woke instantly
24:44eyes snapping open.
24:46Rachel it's me.
24:48Kenneth reached out
24:49and held my hand.
24:51I went quiet for a moment
24:52then asked
24:53Is she okay?
24:55He replied
24:56She just suffered
24:58from minor injuries.
25:00I stayed with her
25:01for a while.
25:02I looked at Kenneth
25:03and could feel
25:04his discomfort.
25:05The awkwardness
25:06he didn't know
25:07how to hide.
25:11Go back to sleep Rachel.
25:17Before dawn
25:18the phone by Kenneth's
25:19pillow buzzed
25:20and he sat up
25:21immediately.
25:22In the darkness
25:23I watched the glow
25:23of his screen
25:24light up his face.
25:25Then he climbed
25:26out of bed quietly.
25:27I didn't ask
25:28what he was doing
25:28up so early
25:29and I didn't want
25:30to ask.
25:31I rolled over
25:32and went back
25:32to sleep.
25:35When I woke again
25:37it was already
25:387am.
25:39I got up
25:40to drink water
25:40and ran into
25:41Kenneth in the kitchen.
25:43He was looking
25:44up recipes
25:45on his phone.
25:46A flash of embarrassment
25:47crossed his face.
25:50Rachel.
25:53Halis said
25:54she wants the food
25:55you made last time.
25:56Can you help
25:57make it?
25:57In five years
25:58years of marriage
25:59he had never
25:59shown that kind
26:00of effort
26:01or thoughtfulness
26:01towards me.
26:05No I can't.
26:07Kenneth froze.
26:09Then his brows
26:09tightened.
26:10Rachel.
26:11Hales is a patient.
26:13Can you not
26:14hold things
26:14against a patient?
26:16Let's talk about
26:17what happened
26:18yesterday
26:18after she gets
26:19discharged.
26:22Rachel.
26:23you should be
26:24more generous.
26:25Generous?
26:26Was I still
26:27not generous enough?
26:28I was already
26:29letting him go
26:30take care of his ex.
26:33So now
26:34I have to make
26:35food for every
26:36patient you have?
26:37Kenneth
26:38if the one
26:38hospitalized today
26:39were me
26:40and I wanted
26:41food
26:43would you ask
26:44her to make
26:44it for me?
26:49He was
26:50speechless.
26:51Later
26:52Haley still
26:53got Kenneth
26:54made food.
26:56Soon
26:57I saw her
26:58newest
26:58Instagram
26:59post on my
27:00feed.
27:00Do you know
27:01how lucky I am?
27:02Someone who has
27:03golden hands
27:03personally made
27:04food for me
27:05and I heard
27:05it was his
27:06first time
27:06ever.
27:07I must have
27:08done something
27:08right in my
27:09past life.
27:11I hit the
27:12like button
27:13again.
27:15After that
27:16fight ended
27:16badly
27:17Kenneth
27:17worked late
27:18for several
27:18days in a
27:19row.
27:19That day
27:20I went to
27:21the hospital
27:22to pick up
27:22my test
27:23results.
27:25I picked
27:26up my
27:26report.
27:27The
27:28conclusion
27:28section had
27:29even more
27:30lines than
27:30before.
27:31I was
27:32reading when
27:32I turned
27:32my head
27:33and my
27:33body
27:34accidentally
27:34collided
27:35with
27:35Kenneth
27:35who had
27:36suddenly
27:36appeared
27:36beside me.
27:37The report
27:38slipped from
27:38my hand
27:39and fell
27:40and fell
27:40to the
27:40floor.
27:44Rachel,
27:45why are
27:46you at
27:46the hospital?
27:49I didn't
27:50even 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
27:59pick it up
27:59and just as
28:00he was about
28:01to read it
28:01his phone
28:02rang.
28:04Instinctively
28:05he pulled
28:06it out.
28:07I caught
28:08a glimpse
28:08of the
28:08screen.
28:09It was
28:10Haley
28:10calling.
28:14You
28:14suddenly
28:15have a
28:15low-grade
28:16fever?
28:18Okay.
28:20I'll
28:20come check
28:20on you
28:21right now.
28:22As he
28:22hung up,
28:23he shoved
28:23the report
28:24back into
28:24my hands,
28:25wrinkling it
28:26badly in
28:27the process.
28:28Rachel,
28:28I can't
28:29get away
28:29right now.
28:30Take care
28:30of yourself
28:30and go
28:31home
28:31early.
28:34That
28:35afternoon,
28:36I went
28:36to
28:36Kenneth's
28:37office.
28:37Through
28:38the door,
28:39I heard
28:39Haley's
28:40voice.
28:40Kenny,
28:41you should
28:41take the
28:41day off.
28:42Let's
28:42go to
28:42the
28:42beach.
28:43I
28:43can't.
28:43I have
28:44surgeries
28:44scheduled.
28:45He
28:45said,
28:45but his
28:46voice was
28:46soft,
28:47softer than
28:48it ever
28:48was with
28:48me.
28:49I
28:50knocked.
28:50Kenneth
28:51saw me
28:51and his
28:51expression
28:52shifted
28:52back to
28:53cold.
28:53Rachel,
28:54what is
28:54it
28:54now?
28:56I
28:56need to
28:56talk to
28:57you about
28:57something
28:57important.
28:59It's
28:59about my
28:59health.
29:04Your
29:04health?
29:05What about
29:06it?
29:06Before I
29:07could answer,
29:08Haley spoke
29:09up.
29:11Kenny,
29:12I think
29:13Rachel might
29:13be jealous of
29:14how much
29:14time we
29:14spend together.
29:16Maybe we
29:16should give
29:17her some
29:17space.
29:18That's
29:19not...
29:20Rachel, I
29:21don't have
29:22time for
29:22this.
29:23Whatever it
29:23is can
29:23wait.
29:24I
29:25looked at
29:25him, at
29:26the way
29:26he stood
29:27so close
29:27to
29:27Halene,
29:28and I
29:29said
29:29nothing.
29:30That
29:30night, I
29:31wrote in
29:31my diary,
29:32he still
29:33doesn't
29:34know I'm
29:34dying.
29:39I
29:39coughed,
29:40and my
29:41hand came
29:41away spotted
29:42with blood.
29:46I
29:47washed it
29:47off in
29:47the sink
29:48and went
29:48to bed
29:49alone.
29:49A week
29:50later, I
29:51finally got
29:51the courage to
29:52tell Kenneth
29:53everything.
29:54I sat him
29:55down in our
29:55living room.
29:57Kenneth, I'm
29:58sick.
29:58I have
29:59heart failure,
30:00late stage,
30:00I need
30:01surgery, and
30:02I want you
30:02to be the
30:03one to
30:03operate.
30:03He stared
30:04at me for
30:05a long
30:05moment.
30:06Then his
30:07face hardened.
30:09Is this
30:10some kind
30:10of test?
30:11You want
30:12to see if
30:12I'll drop
30:12everything to
30:13save you?
30:14No,
30:15Kenneth, I'm
30:16telling you
30:17the truth.
30:20Enough,
30:20Rachel.
30:21If you're
30:21sick, show
30:22me the
30:22report.
30:22Otherwise,
30:23stop playing
30:23games.
30:24He stood
30:25up and
30:25walked out,
30:26slamming
30:26the door.
30:33The
30:33medical report
30:34was still
30:35in my bag,
30:36crumpled
30:36and unread.
30:39Haylily
30:40started coming
30:41to our
30:41home.
30:42Kenneth
30:42said she
30:43needed a
30:43place to
30:44stay while
30:44her apartment
30:45was being
30:45renovated.
30:48She walked
30:49through our
30:49house like
30:49she owned
30:50it.
30:50She
30:51touched
30:51much
30:52my
30:52things.
30:53She
30:53sat in
30:54my
30:54chair at
30:54the
30:54dining
30:55table.
30:57One
30:57evening,
30:58I came
30:59home to
30:59find her
31:00wearing my
31:00dresses.
31:02Rachel, I
31:03hope you
31:03don't mind.
31:04Kenneth said I
31:05could borrow
31:05it.
31:06He always
31:06did have
31:07good taste.
31:08I said
31:09nothing.
31:11I went
31:12to my
31:12room and
31:13wrote in
31:13my diary.
31:14She's
31:15living in
31:15my house
31:16now.
31:16He doesn't
31:17see how
31:17she looks
31:17at me.
31:18Like she's
31:18already won.
31:20Maybe she
31:20has.
31:22That night,
31:24Kenneth came
31:24home late.
31:25I could hear
31:26him and
31:26Hayley laughing
31:27in the living
31:27room.
31:28I stayed in
31:29the bedroom,
31:29clutching my
31:30chest as
31:30another wave
31:31of pain
31:31rolled
31:32through.
31:34The next
31:35morning at
31:35breakfast,
31:36Hayley Humphrey
31:37accidentally
31:38knocked over
31:39my cup of
31:39tea.
31:40It spilled
31:41across the
31:41table,
31:42soaking my
31:43notebook.
31:44Oh, I'm
31:45so sorry,
31:46Aunt Rachel.
31:47Let me help
31:47you clean that
31:48up, she
31:48said, reaching
31:49for my
31:50diary.
31:51No, I
31:52said, pulling
31:53it away.
31:54Don't touch
31:55it.
31:55Kenneth frowned.
31:57Rachel, she
31:58was just trying
31:58to help.
31:59Don't be rude.
32:00I looked at
32:01him, and for
32:02the first time,
32:03I didn't
32:04apologize.
32:06I just took
32:07my diary and
32:07walked out of
32:08the room.
32:09A week
32:09later, Kenneth
32:10was called
32:10in for an
32:11emergency
32:11surgery.
32:12He asked
32:13me to come
32:13to the
32:14hospital.
32:14He needed
32:15to talk
32:15to me.
32:17When I
32:18arrived, Dr.
32:19Robbins was
32:20with him.
32:21Rachel Allen,
32:22Kenneth has
32:22reviewed your
32:23case.
32:23He's agreed
32:24to be your
32:24surgeon.
32:25I looked
32:25at Kenneth.
32:26His face
32:27was unreadable.
32:30Why did you
32:30wait so long
32:31to tell me?
32:31He asked
32:32quietly.
32:32You should
32:33have told
32:33me sooner.
32:34I tried,
32:35several times.
32:36You didn't
32:36want to hear
32:37it.
32:39He flinched.
32:43For a moment,
32:44something like
32:45guilt crossed
32:45his face.
32:46The surgery
32:47is scheduled
32:47for next week.
32:48I'll be the
32:48lead surgeon.
32:50Rachel, I'll
32:51do everything
32:51I can.
32:56I know you
32:57will, but I
32:58also knew the
32:58survival rate.
33:00Less than
33:0110%.
33:01I was putting
33:02my life in
33:03the hands of
33:03a man who
33:04hadn't looked
33:04at me with
33:05love in
33:05years.
33:07That night,
33:08I wrote my
33:09final entries.
33:10I detailed
33:11everything.
33:12Every time he
33:13chose her.
33:13Every time he
33:14let her hurt
33:14me.
33:15Every cold
33:15word.
33:16Every slammed
33:16door.
33:17I wrote about
33:18the day I got
33:18diagnosis and
33:19made him dinner
33:20while he ate
33:21cake with
33:21her.
33:22I wrote until
33:23my hand cramps
33:25and my tears
33:25blurred the
33:26ink.
33:29The day of
33:30the surgery
33:31arrived.
33:32I lay on
33:33the operating
33:33table.
33:35The bright
33:35lights above
33:36me.
33:37Kenneth stood
33:37over me in
33:38his surgical
33:38gown.
33:39For a moment,
33:40he reached
33:40down and
33:41touched my
33:41hand.
33:43Rachel, I'm
33:44going to do
33:44everything I
33:45can.
33:45Just hold
33:46on.
33:48There's
33:48something I
33:49need to tell
33:49you.
33:50My voice
33:51was weak.
33:52Everything I
33:53wrote in my
33:53diary, it's
33:54all there.
33:55Everything I
33:55never said out
33:56loud.
33:57Don't talk
33:58like that.
33:59You're going
33:59to be fine.
34:03But I saw
34:04the fear in
34:04his eyes'
34:05eyes.
34:06For the
34:07first time in
34:08years, he
34:08was looking at
34:09me, really
34:10looking at
34:10me, and
34:11what he saw
34:12terrified him.
34:14The anesthesia
34:15started to take
34:16effect.
34:17The last thing
34:17I saw was
34:18Kenneth's face,
34:19pale and
34:20desperate, as
34:21the monitors
34:21began to
34:22beep.
34:23The surgery
34:24went wrong.
34:28Haylene was
34:28supposed to
34:29call the
34:29blood bank
34:30for an
34:30emergency
34:31delivery.
34:32She never
34:32made the
34:32call.
34:33Later,
34:34Kenneth would
34:34learn that
34:34she sat in
34:35the break
34:35room, scrolling
34:36through her
34:37phone, while
34:37I bled out
34:38onto the
34:38table.
34:41He screamed
34:42for blood
34:43that never
34:43came.
34:44I died on
34:46Kenneth
34:46Mendez's
34:47operating table.
34:48He was the
34:49last face I
34:49saw, the
34:50last voice I
34:51heard, screaming
34:52my name.
34:54After my
34:54death, my
34:55diary was
34:56found.
34:57A friend of
34:58mine, Anthony,
34:59discovered it
34:59among my
35:00things and
35:00posted excerpts
35:01online.
35:02The post went
35:03viral.
35:08My death
35:09diary.
35:15Every entry
35:16documenting how
35:17Kenneth treated
35:17me, how
35:18Halisa
35:19tormented me,
35:20how I died
35:20alone, in
35:21pain, invisible
35:22to the man
35:23I loved.
35:26Kenneth sat
35:27in our
35:27empty house,
35:28reading my
35:28diary page
35:29by page,
35:30reading about
35:30the night.
35:31I called him
35:32and heard her
35:33voice.
35:38About the
35:38movie we never
35:39saw, about
35:40every small
35:41cruelty he had
35:42ignored.
35:45The more he
35:46read, the
35:47more he broke.
35:52When he reached
35:53the entry about
35:54the night before
35:54surgery, I'm
35:55putting my life
35:56in his hands.
35:57I don't know if
35:58he'll catch me or
35:59let me fall.
36:00He collapsed.
36:08He is called
36:09Haley.
36:13She didn't
36:14answer.
36:16He drove to
36:17the hospital and
36:18burst into her
36:19office, wild-eyed.
36:23Were the
36:23things Rachel
36:24recorded real?
36:25Haley tried to
36:27play dumb.
36:30I don't know
36:31what you're
36:31talking about.
36:32She's dead.
36:33Let it go.
36:41He beat her
36:42until security
36:43pulled him
36:43off.
36:44He was fired
36:45on the spot.
36:47Kenneth returned
36:48home and began
36:49sorting through
36:50my belongings.
36:52He found the
36:53necklace Haley
36:54had torn into
36:55three pieces.
36:56He read my
36:57diary over and
36:58over for three
36:59days straight,
37:00neither eating
37:01nor drinking.
37:03The handwriting
37:04blurred under
37:05his tears until
37:06the words were
37:06unreadable.
37:07Then he
37:08collapsed.
37:10When he woke
37:11in the hospital,
37:12Anthony was
37:12sitting beside
37:13him.
37:15Anthony's eyes
37:16were cold.
37:19I ran into
37:20Rachel about a
37:21month ago.
37:22She was alone,
37:23waiting outside
37:23the ultrasound
37:24room.
37:24I thought it
37:24was just a
37:25routine checkup.
37:26If I had
37:26asked one more
37:27question...
37:28Anthony's voice
37:29broke.
37:30Kenneth, what
37:30you did is
37:31inhuman!
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 out
37:39his IV, staggered
37:40out of the
37:40hospital, and
37:41got into a
37:42taxi.
37:44Kenneth nearly
37:45got into a
37:45car accident on
37:46the way back.
37:47He spotted a
37:48blood donation
37:48bus and pulled
37:49over.
37:49Can I donate
37:50blood?
37:50He asked the
37:51phy-autonomist,
37:52Mira.
37:52Of course you
37:53can.
37:53But as he
37:53answered the
37:54screening questions,
37:55Mira noticed
37:56his mental state
37:56was abnormal.
37:58Why do you
37:58want to donate
37:59blood?
38:00Kenneth froze,
38:00then choked
38:02up.
38:04Because
38:04Rachel died.
38:05I was operating
38:06on her.
38:07The blood bank
38:08was short.
38:08There was no
38:09blood in stock.
38:10So I want to
38:10donate blood.
38:11Maybe my blood
38:12can save a
38:12life.
38:16But Kenneth's
38:17blood was unhealthy.
38:18His transcyclineide
38:19levels were
38:20elevated from his
38:20psychological
38:21collapse.
38:22He didn't even
38:24qualify to donate.
38:25Before he got off
38:26the bus,
38:26Mira hesitated.
38:27Recently, our
38:27city's blood bank
38:28has been tretevaled.
38:29There shouldn't
38:30have been a
38:30situation where
38:31there was no
38:32blood in stock.
38:34Kenneth froze.
38:36He immediately
38:37called Anthony.
38:38Kenneth, I've
38:39checked.
38:39On the day you
38:40operated on Rachel,
38:41the blood bank
38:41supply was
38:42sufficient.
38:42No operating
38:43room needed
38:43emergency blood
38:44that day.
38:44They never
38:45received a
38:45call from
38:46Haley.
38:49Like a
38:49madman,
38:50Kenneth rushed
38:51to Haley's
38:51apartment.
38:52She had just
38:52finished showering.
38:53On the day of
38:54Rachel's surgery,
38:55I told you to
38:56go to the
38:57blood bank.
38:57Did you
38:58actually go
38:59or not?
38:59Of course
39:00I went.
39:00She stammered.
39:03How could I
39:03not have
39:04gone?
39:05You liar!
39:06You never
39:07went!
39:08Kenneth roared.
39:09I really
39:10did go,
39:11Kenneth.
39:11You're pinning
39:12her death
39:12on me.
39:14Haley burst
39:14into tears.
39:16My life was
39:17ruined by her
39:17diary.
39:19I got fired
39:20too!
39:21Kenneth advanced
39:21on Haley
39:22in fury.
39:25Do you
39:26think I have
39:26no evidence?
39:27The blood
39:27bank doctors
39:28can all testify
39:29you never
39:29went.
39:30I'm going
39:31to sue
39:31you.
39:32This is
39:32a crime.
39:39Just then,
39:40an old
39:40man rushed
39:41in and
39:41shielded
39:42Haley.
39:43Stop!
39:47Who is
39:48this?
39:49The man
39:50sneered.
39:54You must
39:55be
39:55Haley's
39:56idiot
39:56ex-boyfriend.
39:57I'm
39:58warning you,
39:59stay away
39:59from her.
40:00back then
40:01she dumped
40:02you so
40:03she could
40:03go abroad
40:04with me.
40:05Later,
40:05my wife
40:06forced her
40:06back,
40:07but now
40:07I'm back
40:08too,
40:08so she
40:09still won't
40:09choose you.
40:10Kenneth
40:10could hardly
40:11believe it.
40:12Haley,
40:13what is
40:14really going
40:14on?
40:16At this
40:16point,
40:17Haley could
40:18no longer
40:19keep up
40:19her pretend.
40:20Kenneth,
40:21yes,
40:21I'm a gold
40:22digger.
40:22Cedric gives
40:23me money,
40:23so I stay
40:24with him.
40:24You were a
40:25poor nobody
40:25back then.
40:27What right
40:28did you have
40:29to be
40:29with me?
40:32She poured
40:33out everything
40:34she had
40:34done to
40:35me.
40:35Rachel was
40:36killed
40:36by me.
40:37Yes,
40:37I deliberately
40:38didn't go to
40:39the blood base.
40:40I did so
40:40many things
40:41to her.
40:41Isn't heart
40:42patience not
40:42supposed to
40:43be stimulated?
40:44I deliberately
40:45kept stimulating
40:46her over
40:46and over.
40:50Kenneth went
40:51mad.
40:53He shoved
40:54Cedric aside
40:55and lunged
40:55forward,
40:56strangling
40:57Haley.
41:05Cedric has
41:06plenty of
41:07connections.
41:08You're
41:08finished.
41:10Those words
41:12broke something
41:12in Kenneth.
41:13He pushed
41:14the guards
41:14away,
41:15rushed into
41:16the kitchen,
41:17grabbed a
41:17cleaver,
41:18and hacked
41:18wildly at
41:19Haley.
41:22Killing
41:22her on
41:23the spot,
41:23after hacking
41:24Haley to
41:25death,
41:26Kenneth
41:26staggered
41:27into the
41:27room,
41:28locked the
41:28door,
41:29and dropped
41:29to his
41:30knees.
41:30Rachel,
41:31I've avenged
41:32you.
41:32I'm so
41:33sorry.
41:34I was
41:34truly blind.
41:36Sirens
41:37blared.
41:38The police
41:39had arrived.
41:40Kenneth
41:41staggered
41:41to the
41:42window and
41:42looked down.
41:43A height
41:44of more
41:44than ten
41:45stories was
41:45enough.
41:46Rachel,
41:47can you
41:47forgive me?
41:48He shouted
41:49as he leaped
41:50from the
41:50building.
41:51After
41:51Kenneth
41:52committed
41:52suicide,
41:53his soul
41:54separated
41:54from his
41:55body,
41:55and he
41:56was finally
41:56able to
41:57see me.
42:00Rachel,
42:01I finally
42:02get to
42:02see you.
42:03He rushed
42:03over,
42:04wanting to
42:04hug me,
42:05but discovered
42:05that an
42:06invisible barrier
42:06stood between
42:07us.
42:08He could
42:09see me,
42:10yet no
42:10matter what,
42:12he could
42:13not touch
42:14me.
42:16Kenneth's
42:17expression
42:17shifted from
42:18initial disbelief
42:19to growing
42:20despair.
42:22Rachel,
42:24are you
42:25still unwilling
42:25to forgive
42:26me?
42:27I did
42:28not say
42:28a word.
42:29I merely
42:30looked at
42:31him with
42:31utter
42:31indifference.
42:34At that
42:35moment,
42:36a powerful
42:36suction
42:37enveloped
42:38us.
42:38Carried
42:39along by
42:39that force,
42:40I lost
42:41all consciousness.
42:43when I
42:44opened my
42:44eyes again,
42:45voices
42:46clamored
42:46all around
42:47me.
42:48Dragging
42:48a suitcase,
42:49I was
42:49standing at
42:50the entrance
42:50of New York
42:51Medical College.
42:55I had
42:55been reborn.
42:57Astonishingly,
42:57I had
42:58returned to
42:58the very
42:59day of
42:59college
42:59registration.
43:00Looking at
43:01the familiar
43:01yet unfamiliar
43:02surroundings,
43:03at face
43:03after face
43:04brimming
43:04with youth,
43:05my eyes
43:05suddenly
43:06reddened.
43:07Hey,
43:07I can help
43:08you carry
43:08your luggage.
43:09A familiar
43:10voice sounded
43:10from behind
43:11me.
43:12I steadied
43:13myself for
43:13a few
43:14seconds,
43:14then turned
43:15around and
43:15saw Kenneth
43:16as he was
43:16back in
43:17college.
43:17The
43:18unfamiliarness
43:18in his
43:19eyes,
43:19and that
43:20faint,
43:20distant
43:21politeness,
43:21were exactly
43:22the same
43:23as back
43:23then.
43:24This
43:25confirmed
43:25that he
43:26had not
43:26been reborn
43:27like I
43:27had.
43:28I studied
43:29him
43:29carefully.
43:30After a
43:31long while,
43:32I suddenly
43:33broke into
43:33a gentle
43:34smile.
43:36No need,
43:37thanks.
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