Tina hadn't spoken to Mark for several days now because she was still angry with him for taking the doctor away from her.
'What's so special about that doctor? He even hurt with that horrible electric therapy for God's sake, ' Mark grumbled in his mind. He wanted that doctor gone and as far away from Tina as possible but at the same time, he also wanted to beat that doctor up.
'Who the hell does he think he is? Tina wouldn't even bother to look at him if she didn't need to!
It's so unfair that Tina wouldn't talk to me because of a stranger.' Mark thought. Maybe Tina just considered the doctor as her new toy, but that was enough for Mark to be jealous.
Mark couldn't remember how many days had it been since Tina stopped talking to him.
"Tina, how are you feeling today? Is there anything particular that you want to eat?" As usual, Mark tried desperately to get Tina to talk to him. He thought that Tina would finally let the whole doctor thing go.
Tina turned her head away from Mark. The scars on her face were being hidden by her curtain of hair.
Mark's heart still ached every time he saw Tina's face. But today he was sure that Tina would talk to him because he had some good news for her, "Tina, do you still remember Emily?" He asked.
No one dared to mention Emily when Tina was present because she was sure to lose her control.
But Mark knew clearly that Tina's illness had everything to do with Emily. He had read a lot of books about Tina's condition and tried all the methods to help her recover, and all led to one simple method --
Emily. Emily was the key.
If she was still alive and living happily with Jacob, Tina would never truly recover.
Tina's face turned the second she heard Emily's name.
"Emily is dead," Mark couldn't wait to tell her the news, "You don't need to worry about anything now. She's dead, Tina. She'll never be in your way again," he said excitedly.
"... she...what?" Tina felt as if someone had hit her on the head. She couldn't believe her ears - she was flummoxed.
It was the first time that she's talked to Mark in days.
Mark was overjoyed that Tina was finally talking to him. "Emily? Emily Bai. She's dead," he repeated this time more slowly and clearly.
Tina heard him this time and she was finally able to absorb what he's been saying this whole time.
'Emily is dead.
Did he just say that? Am I getting it right?
She's dead. That's what he just said.'
"Boom." A silly smile emerged on Tina's face. She now looked like a child, her heart pounding vibrantly again, "Are you saying that Emily's dead?"
"Yes. Her plane crashed, no survivor. So yes, she's dead," Mark said gently as he reached out to smooth her hair.
Tina grasped his hand immediately and asked with her eyes widened, "You're not joking, right? This is all true, right? Emily's dead. Tell me! She's dead, right?"
"Yes, it's all true. Emily's dead. She was pregnant when she died. Tina, isn't this what you've always wanted? Are you happy?" Mark gazed at her. His source was pretty credible so he believed it to be true.
He was also told that Jacob didn't believe it until there was DNA evidence.
And personally, he wanted to see the look on Jacob's face.
Tina's face lit up. She felt a surge of excitement run through her body. She had so much energy as if she was high on drugs.
"Hahahahaha…that bitch…" Tina suddenly burst out laughing.
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