Marcellus pulls back the covers and jumps out of bed. He puts on his shoes before running outside of his room.The injury on his leg still has not recovered, but all he sees is Katrina. He limps along on unsteady legs as he makes his way outside. He rushes out of the hospital room, without a care for his health.
"Mr. Brook!" the nurse in charge of his care exclaims. "Where are you going? You"re not supposed to get out of bed right now!"
The young nurse is bringing medicine into the ward when she runs into Marcellus. All her protests fall on deaf ears. Marcellus"s injury does nothing to slow him down. The nurse"s efforts are nothing compared to his determination.
Pus.h.i.+ng the nurse out of the way, he gets into the elevator and closes the doors on her.
The nurse panics, quickly reporting what happened to the head nurse. By the time the hospital staff is on the search, Marcellus has already left the hospital.
Searching for a patient in such a big city is difficult, not to mention it"s already evening. If anything happens to Marcellus while he is outside, the hospital will be responsible because they lost him in the hospital.
The chief physician nervously calls Claire to inform her of the matter.
"What?" Claire gasps loudly. "What do you mean, Marcellus left the hospital? How did he get out of the hospital? He was fine when I left!" she shouts.
After hearing the news, Claire comes to the hospital without delay. She keeps calling Marcellus on her cell phone, but she doesn"t get an answer.
When Claire arrives at the hospital, she finds Marcellus"s phone in his room. He left in such a hurry that he didn"t even have time to take his phone when he ran out. Katrina"s picture is still set as the lock screen background image when he unlocks the phone.
Claire checks the recent call records and finds out that Marcellus and Katrina had a conversation about 20 minutes ago.
Marcellus must have left on impulse because of that woman! Claire thinks furiously. She doesn"t know what Katrina said to Marcellus, but for him to leave regardless of his injury, it must have been serious.
That horrible woman!
As Claire worries about Marcellus, her resentment for Katrina grows.
After leaving the hospital, Marcellus takes a taxi directly to Katrina"s apartment. When he arrives at her unit, he pounds on the door and yells, "Katrina! Katrina, are you there? Katrina, come out! Let"s talk about this face to face!"
Despite his efforts, there is no response from the inside.
Marcellus sits on the doorstep in dejection. Unable to reach Katrina, he doesn"t know where else to find her. All he can do is sit by the doorway and wait for her to come back.
Meanwhile, Katrina stands by the riverside with a six-pack of beer.
Deep in thought, she unconsciously goes to a familiar place. The cool breeze blowing against her face does nothing to ease the gloom in her heart.
Across the river, neon lights flash on the skysc.r.a.pers with a boy"s confession to a girl.
Katrina thinks back to the last time she was here when Marcellus confessed to her the same way during a romantic date. At that time, she sat on the bench with her eyes closed, ready to accept his kiss.
Who knows that in just half a month"s time, everything would change?
Before, she was filled with romantic feelings. But now, all she has is the heartache of a painful breakup.
Thinking about it makes her very sad.
Sitting on a bench, Katrina opens a bottle of beer and takes a swig. Drinking her sorrows away seems to be the only way she can make herself feel better.
But Katrina is not a good drinker.
After a few bottles, she is practically drunk already. Her delicate face is flushed, and she feels nauseous. Her body is burning up.
She rises from the bench and staggers towards the edge of the river, leaning against the railing to let the cold air sober her up. Slumping over the railing, she closes her eyes wearily and drifts off for a bit.
Suddenly, she feels a strong force loop around her waist. Her feet lifted off the ground as her whole person was being raised.
Although Katrina is a little drunk, she is still alert.
All of a sudden, someone rushes over and picks her up from behind. She immediately thinks that she ran into a bad person. Kicking her legs furiously, she demands, "What the h.e.l.l, who are you? What are you doing? Let me go!"
The man keeps Katrina off her feet until he reaches a safe spot. Placing Katrina on a bench, he barks, "Stupid woman! How could you do such a thing just for a man?"
Katrina looks up and is greeted with Aaron"s attractive face. His handsome features don"t diminish how angry he looks. With his tall figure towering over her, she feels small.
Despite her intoxicated state, she is not stupid. Even though she doesn"t know why Aaron is here, seeing his thunderous face makes her realize something.
Pointing at herself, Katrina lets out a little burp before she says, "Aaron, did you think I was going to jump off and kill myself?"
Is that the reason he rushed off to roughly grab her by the waist and carry her back? Is that why he looks so angry with her?
When Aaron smells the alcohol from Katrina"s mouth, Aaron frowns in disgust. His brow furrows even more at her words.
So she wasn"t depressed enough to kill herself?
Earlier, Aaron followed Katrina because she looked like a lost soul walking along the streets. While Katrina was on the phone with Marcellus, he heard her break up with him. When she bought beer and went to the riverside to drink, he couldn"t bear it anymore and almost swept in to interrupt her.
But seeing her staggering towards the river and leaning against the railings frightened him enough to act. The situation looked very dire.
Aaron thought that she wanted to commit suicide. With his heart in his mouth, he rushed in and pulled her away.
He seeing Katrina safe made him feel as if he had survived a great disaster. But her reaction makes it seem as if he was making a mountain out of a molehill.