to pack my

d lived for ten years, and mem

led with un

, then why did he buy this place imme

te year after year to the orphanage where I

th eyes filled with unshed tears and pleading w

s str

mained hopeful and was unwilling to

and found the wedding pla

h his handwriting, detailing changes. Everything wa

os of wedding dresses and the elegant venu

d, I was Ja

hat he never held

d. But I have terminal bone cancer and don't know how long I have left, so we won't hold a wedding

f into his arms. I stop

te my marrow to h

realized I was a

lemnly. "This New Year's Eve, I must

if it had been sl

ear's Eve th

, the pho

ay my tears and an

you make that soup for me before? I have a hospitalized friend

ouldn'

my stomach was weak,

. He sighed and said directly, "Forget it. You just mak

ntment in my heart and re

om the other end of the line, and Jake i

ift, just pick one yoursel

hone screen and remained u

ing from him anymor

ater, Jake

y pulled a long face. "Molly, where's the soup I

ars, I rarely refu

was the first time he lost his

but coldness in my heart. "I to

ou have time to pack but not to make soup? You've been in a mood al

as r

watched th

prepare ingredients, and make the soup. It takes at least e

softly, "As your wife, am I le

anged several times before he managed dry explanatio

d rented out a popular riverside area of

reworks exploded with their initials, and even the

h excitement about that

ther, but I replied to none. Instead, I quietly