章節 167: Till We Met Again

You don't need to 

promise me the moon

and stars. Just promise

me you will stand under

them with me forever.

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After explaining everything the Doctor left to continue his rounds for tonight. When the door closed, silence reigned inside the private room. 

None of us said a word. Slowly, we let what the doctor said sank to our brains. The news was painful to all of us but it has a different impact to me. I feel my world turning upside down and now, the guilt hangs heavily upon my shoulders. 

I should be there in the emergency room instead of him. I should be the one suffering instead the man I love. It's killing me thinking that in order to save me he suffered like this. 

I don't know if Ace would be okay…. Asking myself that question was enough to torture me. 

My thoughts were scattered to the wind when father cleared his throat. The silence that draped all over the room dissolved.