The doctor came out of the emergency room with a darkness shrouding his face. He didn't have to say the words because they knew exactly how it would be.

  "i…This can't be." Mrs. Wyatt broke down and cried on the floor. Her tears kept falling down her face but Veronica only looked at her in disdain.

  "I'll get inside to see her." Veronica said without wasting her time watching the drama unfold outside the room. Marian was actually awake and she was looking outside the window of her hospital room. "Your mother can be a good actress."

  "I know." Marian answered with a faint smile. "But maybe, she's really sad for me?"

  "Oh? She is? I don't see such emotion in her eyes. If I know, she'd only sad for wasting so much time on you. Let's admit it. Ever since you were sent to that lonely residence, how many times did they visit you? Once? Twice?"

  "Alright. You don't have to get angry for my sake. My parents are busy."

  "Whatever. Also, is John still outside?"

  "Yeah. He's probably being dissed by your parents."

  "Call him in quick!"

  Veronica couldn't really disobey her this time, afraid to worsen her health condition thus, she called John to come inside. She didn't even bother talking to Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt. "Just come in." She told John without any additional words.

  John came inside, looked at Marian in her eyes and smiled faintly. "How are you feeling?"

  "I'm good. I was a little tired from the journey and had a relapse."

  "Is that so." He didn't believe her but he didn't want to make things difficult for her either. "Do you mind if I'll come and visit you here in the next few days?"

  "I don't mind but I will leave this place tomorrow. I don't like being confine in a hospital. Besides, this won't really help me. It will only waste my parents' money."

  "Then, can I visit your home?"

  "Sure. That's alright."

  None of them talked about their personal matter, just conversing like normal friends and this put Marian at ease. When her parents came inside her room, John left to avoid being in the same room as them. Veronica also left to send him out, reminding him of some things he needed to pay attention to when visiting Marian and making sure that he'd keep the news from Cayenne and Stefan.

  Cayenne still had no idea of what has happened. She continued her normal life and also called Marian from time to time. The latter told her that she's doing fine and she sounded fine so, Cayenne wasn't suspicious at all.

  Four days later, Marian fainted once again. Sometimes, she'd confuse someone for another person and sometimes, she couldn't recognize the place she was in. This bothered her parents so much and Veronica had been crying. Ever since she knew that her young mistress has leukemia, she had been searching articles related to this illness and she knew that the things that Marian was experienced were all symptoms of the end stage of leukemia.

  Every time they'd bring her to the doctor, the doctor would come out with a sorry figure. They'd sigh helplessly and tell them to prepare for the bad news.

  "Hi. I have cakes for you." John stated as soon as he came in with small boxes of pastries. He couldn't remember how many times he had visited her but he did it every day. "Do you want to have a taste?"

  "Are they from your shop?"

  "Yup. I made them myself today."

  "Really? Come and sit here." She gestured for her to sit on the bed space next to her. "Let's eat them together. It would taste better if you share it with friends."

  "Hn." He gave Veronica a pair of plastic spoon and fork, another pair for Marian and another pair for himself. "Just choose whatever you like to try."

  "I'll have the rainbow cake."

  The three of them ate as if things were normal – Veronica's eyes were red-rimmed though from crying overnight. John didn't say anything unusual but every day, he'd hold onto the ring tightly, as if it could give him strength to face her without breaking down in front of her.

  Cayenne's vlog came out one week after they came back from Turkey. Many of her fans were happy to see her again and even though she didn't speak much in her video, they could see that she was really enjoying their trip. Another thing that exploded was the fact that many people knew of Marian. Cayenne thought that her best friend was living a low-key life but she didn't expect to have many people discuss of her illness and family issue on the comment section.

  "I didn't expect to see the heiress of the Wyatt Group to be with Mrs. Dumrique."

  "I heard Marian Wyatt is ill."

  "She's ill and she still went out to have fun."

  "I hope she'll get better soon. The heiress of Wyatt group is a very nice lady."

  "Her parents are mean. I bet she get her illness as punishment for her parents."

  Cayenne have read some of the comments and couldn't stop herself from fuming in anger. There were comments that made her happy but there so many of them that made her angry, too. If Stefan wasn't calming her down, she has probably thrown her cellphone already.

  "Let's see her tomorrow, okay? I want to see her tomorrow."

  "But your final exam is approaching." Stefan responded to her.

  "But I cannot stop worrying. I can't focus myself for study session."

  "Let's just call her, shall we? As long as you know that she's fine, you can focus back to your study time, right?"

  "Fine. Fine. Let's call them." Cayenne dialed Veronica's number which was the same contact that Marian kept. Marian didn't have her own phone because she had been avoiding direct contact with the source of radiation energy. Nonetheless, Veronica kept one for emergency.

  The phone rang several times but no one answered it. Veronica was busy wiping Marian's cold sweat and the blood coming out of her nose. Her health was getting worse day by day. She's been breathing slowly with long pauses which sometimes made Veronica think of the worst.

  Even during this time of her life, Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt still continued to do their work. They would only show up whenever they want and act as if they were sorry and regretful.

  "I'm tired." Marian whispered and smiled faintly with tears falling on the side of her face…… "I'm really tired."