Selina looked at Tobias in despair. "Don't lie to me, please. I've prepared myself to expect the worst. I thought about it for the whole night. I'm not afraid no matter how bad the news is. Just tell me. I'm prepared."
Every word that came out of Selina's mouth were like knives stabbing into Tobias's heart.
Although Tobias felt a persistent pain in his heart, he remained composed.
He said softly, "Selina, who told you that it's incurable? If these two women can't cure it, I'll find someone else. If the Witch Doctors can't cure it, then we'll look for other alternatives. There's always a way. Don't worry,"
Selina's heart was filled with misery.
She knew that Tobias was only comforting her.
She knew very clearly what sort of person her brother was.
He was someone who gave it his all till he reached his goals.
Those two women were the best Witch Doctors alive. If they couldn't cure her, then that means Selina couldn't be saved.
Selina smiled faintly, "I understand,"
She knew that whatever she said would be useless and it would only look like she was venting out her feelings. That would only make her brother worry more.
"Selina, I have something to tell you." Tobias's eyes were filled with sadness. "This is not a trivial matter, thus I have to tell Matthew."
The two women had just told him that his younger sister might not have much time left.
As Selina's husband, Matthew must be made aware of this.
Tobias couldn't keep his promise with Selina to hide this from Matthew.
"Must you let Matthew know?" Selina looked straight into Tobias's eyes.
Tobias realized that there was something wrong by reading Selina's gaze.
However, he still made up his mind. "I must tell him. He has the right to know."
Selina was silent for a moment.
She suddenly walked to the French window and looked out. There was some confusion in her eyes. "Tobias, do you think I'll die immediately if I jump down from the top floor?"
Tobias's expression changed dramatically.
He sprinted over and pulled Selina back. "What nonsense are you talking about, Selina?"
"I'm not talking nonsense!" Selina looked at Tobias in determination. "Even if you stop me now, all I can't do is head to the top floor, but I have many other ways and ideas. If I want to die, there are thousands of ways and you can't stop me."
"Selina, what the hell are you doing?" Tobias raised his voice. He looked gloomy and uneasy.
Selina spoke softly, "You have to promise me not to tell Matthew about this unless I can be saved. If I can't, you can't let Matthew know a single thing about this,"
"Selina, why are you doing this?" Tobias's heart tightened.
Although things had developed till such a disastrous stage, Selina was surprisingly calm.
She looked at Tobias and said word by word, "I believe in your ability. If even you can't save me, I believe that Matthew can't either, so tell me, what's the use of telling him?"
"He's your husband and he has the right to know."
Selina came across such a story before.
A king's beloved wife was sick. The king wanted to visit her, but his wife covered herself all up with a blanket and told the king through the blanket, "I'm tired and sickly-looking. I can't meet you in this way, Your Majesty,"
The king begged to see his wife one last time before she left this world, but his wife continued to deny the king's request to meeting her.
At that time, Selina felt that the king's wife was a really weird person. She didn't know why she denied the king's one last chance to see her.
Now, Selina understood.
No woman wanted a man to see their ugly, dying appearance. They wanted their loved ones to remember them at their best.
Another reason why Selina didn't want Matthew to know anything about this was because she didn't want Matthew to live in torment for the rest of his life.
Matthew was a good man.
She had seen and known many men in her life, but Matthew was the best man she had ever met.
Unfortunately, she didn't have the luck to be with
Matthew for a lifetime.
Despite this, Selina didn't want her death to ruin Matthew's life. She wanted to lessen the impact that her death would have on Matthew, and the only way to do that was to...
Selina had everything figured out.
That night, when she didn't know if she would live or die, she had thought everything through.
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