At the sound of the door being pushed open, Elmer threw himself into her arms, aggrieved.
“Timothea, where have you been?”
A flicker of guilt flashed in her eyes and she grasped Elmer’s hand. “Elmer, didn’t I tell you not to wait for me? Go to sleep first.”
But Elmer remained stubborn. “Have you been looking for Bond again? Timothea, it’s not that I don’t want you to remember him, it’s just that you’ve forgotten. He left when you were most desperate and took all the money you saved. He doesn’t deserve forgiveness at all!”
Elmer’s eyes were red and he was shouting at the top of his lungs.
“Have you forgotten what you said to me when you woke up five years ago? You said you would forget that man and marry me.”
“I haven’t forgotten.” Timothea frowned slightly. “I know I had nothing back then and it was you who used all your savings to treat my illness and donated your bone marrow. Elmer, I will marry you. But... Bond is still a knot in my heart. I want to understand why he was so cruel to leave without saying anything.”
Looking at Timothea’s face, filled with pain and confusion, my heart ached.
It was a pity that I was already dead.
I couldn’t make a sound and I couldn’t tell her the reason.