“What’s there to fear about death?” Hannah smiled nonchalantly. “I feel happy that I can die alongside you! Do you know I used to be afraid of dying? I didn’t want to die because I didn’t want to become the child my parents abandoned, but it’s different now. I have you, and it’s enough to be by your side. Dying with you would be a beautiful thing in my life too.”
Hannah expressed her feelings while she looked at Ralph gently, her eyes filled with adoration for the man.
However, her words only made him frown deeper, and he could not help but say, “Annie, don’t think about this situation that way! If we could survive, why should we choose to die? Death is scary, so we should try our best to live.
“When we’re alive, we can breathe fresh air, eat delicious food, and drink all the wine we want. There’s hope as long as we’re alive, and who knows? One day we might be able to turn the tides, right? Life is a cycle, and there’s only hope for us if we stay alive!”
Hannah shook her head and replied, “We won’t be able to live any longer. I understand her. Since I poisoned her and wanted to kill her, she would never let us off the hook. Ralphy, I’ll cherish all our time together now and regret nothing!”
“But I don’t want to die!” Her sweet confession did not comfort Ralph at all. At this moment, he was hungry, thirsty, and afraid, which led him to explode from all the emotions he had piled up within his heart.
“You want to die, but I don’t! I haven’t lived enough! Let’s go and beg her. Wait, no. I’m a part of the Russell family, so she can't kill me this way. If she did, how would she explain it to my family? I won’t die. I’ll be okay!”
That made Hannah widen her eyes to stare at him in surprise. Her lips trembled as she spoke, “Ralphy, don’t you want to die with me? Don’t you want to be with me forever?”
“I want to be with you forever, but that’s different from wanting to die with you. Life is beautiful, so why should we die? Annie, you can’t die too. I’ll find a way and get the Russells to save us. I-I’ll negotiate something with Heather so we can both live!” Ralph blabbered in a panicked state.
The thought of death terrified him so much that his expression paled while sweat dripped from his forehead.
Hannah just stared at him for a long time without saying a thing. Suddenly, her lips curved into a smirk as she scoffed and turned away. She said nothing anymore after that.
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