"You don't have a job, neither do I. How can we sustain our everyday living once we live together?" George reasoned out.

"I.." Grace swallowed hard as a frown appeared on her face. "I'd rather die of poverty or hunger than be your mistress."

"Be rational," George insisted. "Look at our current life. Whatever it is that you want, I can give it to you. Your bags and clothes are already worth a fortune. Do you think those things fall from the sky?"

"I can give up those things," Grace answered. "As long as you're with me, it doesn't matter anymore. We can go to work and make money with our hands. We don't have to focus on those material things at all."

"You’re going to work?" George scoffed at her. "Are you kidding me? Do you think someone will hire you? Is there even anything that you can do?"

"I.." Grace choked on her words. She was stunned for a moment. Now that she thought about it, there was nothing that she was good at.

"It may be hard, but I'll try to learn anything and get a job so that I can live a peaceful life. There's n

hat his logic wouldn't even work.

His eyes fell particularly on the words AIDS and at that moment, he could feel the sky falling onto him.

He didn’t know what the hell was going on right now.

George read the message over and over again as his heart started to pound against his chest. Just a while ago, he was so sure that he wanted to keep Grace by his side forever, but with this news, he realized that he'd rather not have met her at all.

"No, it's impossible." He shook his head in disbelief as he stared at his phone. His fingers hovered above the call button and dialed her number, but her phone was off.

The longer he listened to that automated voice, the more he got worried. As time ticked by, he felt himself falling into the abyss with no end in sight. It was frightening.

He was about to put his phone on the table when his ringtone resonated in the room. George almost jumped from his bed as he quickly pressed the answer button.

"Grace, where the hell are you? It’s not true, right? You’re just lying to me, aren’t you?"