Trembling fingers stroked the dried blood on the cover, and Brett's face showed an expression of being on the verge of breaking down.
Brett always had a good memory. Seeing the date at the top of the diary, that was the day Izabella found out she had late stage stomach cancer and returned from the hospital.
Her face was pale, and he remembered scolding her that day for not answering his calls and coming home so late.
He knew nothing about what happened to Izabella; his mind was preoccupied with Kaley, who was in the hospital.
That day, he forced 400ml of blood from Izabella's hand.
On the day Izabella was diagnosed with stomach cancer, he brought her to the hospital to give blood to Kaley.
The calm and patient man could no longer bear the pain in his heart. Gripping his notebook against his forehead, he burst into tears.
The diary consisted of 102 pages, each sentence about him, Brett.
He didn't know what his feelings were at this moment, like a frozen lake suddenly shattered by a massive rock, stirring ripples.
Izabella's feelings for him seemed plain and ordinary, but only those who truly understood knew how profound her love was.
Izabella loved him fiercely during those years to the point that she literally lost her life in the end.
He always thought that no matter what happened, Izabella would never leave him. However, she was still by his side, but he lost the living Izabella in the diary.
This notebook, preserved for six years, recording Izabella's pain, tear stains, and the dried blood of her illness on yellowed pages. Brett gently touched the words, trying to feel Izabella's past.
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