Karin is crying so hard that she is out of breath. She indeed can’t be more depressed, feeling that she is an ominous person and that she brings so much bad luck to Troy. If he hadn’t chosen her but Mia or later chose Molly, would the result today have been different?
"How can it be your fault? Who are you? You are the only one in this world that can give me motivation. Without you, I probably would have died when I jumped into the sea last time. At the weakest moment of my life, as long as I think of the fact that you will be waiting for me somewhere, even if I am at the verge of death, I will force myself to come back. You are so important to me. But I failed to protect you well. I am indeed the most incompetent husband in the world..."
"If you are the most incompetent husband in the world, then I am the most incompetent wife in the world. I said I would never let you shed tears for me again. But now you are still crying for me. I am sorry… Sorry..."
"I love you." He kisses her lips. I'm sorry and I love you are like a pair of conjoined inseparable babies. As soon as she said sorry, he said I love you. In that case, he and she will be inseparable as well.
"Are you scared?"
He holds her tightly in his arms with one hand. As the fire is getting fierce, both of them have somewhat difficulty breathing.
"I am not afraid. According to a famous essayist, the ordeal takes a long time. And life is short. There is no more apt description of the journey I have traveled with you than this sentence. Although we live a shorter life than others do, I don’t feel sorry at all. In my short life, I get true love which others have been chasing and yet fail to get, I feel I am very happy."
"It seems that they can't find us, right?"
"Who are they?"
"The ones coming to our rescue. This place is quite remote. And we have no communication tools on us. They can't rely on GPRS to find us. So, Karin..." Troy feels that he somewhat can’t bear to go on with his words.
"Although we weren’t born on the exact same day, I am longing to die with you on the exact same day."
Karin knows what the words are which he can’t bear to say to her. And she shows her determination to live and die with him with the most fearless attitude.
“Bang! Bang! Bang…”
The sound of footsteps suddenly come from behind. The two of them turn around in surprise, thinking that the rescue team have arrived. However, after seeing the visitor, they, who have a surprised look in their eyes, are instantly disappointed.
William stands in front of the two of them with a very complex expression on his face. Karin sneers, "Are you here on behalf of your father to see if we are dead or not?"
William doesn’t speak. Instead, he fishes out a key fob from his pocket and unlocks Karin's handcuffs. She is stunned, "Are you here to save us?"
"Come with me."
Pulling her hand, William intends to run towards the back door. Karin violently breaks free of his hand and points at Troy, "Why isn't his unlocked?"
William looks back at her and says apologetically, "I couldn't betray my father."
"Then go away. There is no way I will leave him behind and escape alone!"
Karin embraces Troy directly. And her inner determination can never be swayed.
"Go with him. Karin, leave me alone. Hurry up and go with him!"
Troy pushes her away with one hand as he turns to look at William, "Take her away. If you can protect her, I will keep your kindness in my heart."
"No, I won’t go with him. We will live and die together. I surely won’t go with him!”
Karin once again hugs him tightly and cries on his shoulder, "Don’t drive me away. We once swore in the name of God that no matter what the disaster is, no matter how high or how low, never will we leave each other behind. And we will live and die together. Have you forgotten that? Have you forgotten it all?"
Troy bursts out a sentence through his teeth, "Take her away. Take her away forcibly. And don't look back."
Then Troy leans down and says to Karin, "Everyone's understanding of happiness is different. As Shakespeare says, there are a thousand Hamlets in different audiences’ hearts. You probably think that it is quite romantic for a couple to live and die together. But it isn’t the love I hope for in my heart. The love I want is to see the one that is most precious to me living well in this world."
Troy pushes Karin away for the last time as the tears in his eyes and the blood in his heart drip down at the same time. And after this, he will become a dead man. And in the next life, if he still can't bring happiness to Karin, then he hopes that they won't meet each other again, disregard whether they miss each other or not and whether they love each other or not.
"You have to push me away, right?"
Karin is desperate. She says helplessly, "Then I'll just crash to death here so that you won't push my body away again."
She no longer wants to live. When she is alive, she is so tired. And if she dies, it will be a relief. In another world, she and Troy probably won’t have to love each other in distress again.
"What are you doing?"
She lifts her legs and crushes towards the column tied with the chain, only to be yanked by William who forcibly drags her outward, "Don't you want Esme? Why did you abandon her selfishly after you were so determined to give birth to her?
"I don't want her. I don't want anything. I just want to be with him. Let go of me. Let go of me!!!"
“Bang!”
Another pillar fell and smashed in the position between her and Troy, looking like a wall separating the two of them. Ferocious fire is dancing on the pillar. Through the fire, Karin sees Troy's affectionate gaze. And she screams brokenheartedly. All of a sudden, she turns around and kneels in front of William, crying in pain, "I beg you to save him. As long as you are willing to save him, I will try my best to repay your favor in my next life. I can't live without Troy. If you won't save him, let me go, let me die with him... I beg you…”
William looks at her in shock. For a moment, he is in so much pain that he can’t bear it anymore... He feels so heartbroken that he can’t bear it anymore. Looking at the woman in front of him kneeling in front of him without hesitation for the man she loves, for a man she loves, he finally understands how deeply Troy and Karin love each other and that he can never win Karin’s heart or replace Troy in her heart.
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