Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Four

After Dr. Kaplan examined Toby, he went to Jill. "I thought you should stop the pool therapy," he said. "That was a complete waste of time. I was hoping Toby's musculature would improve, but it couldn't. I went to the physiotherapist myself. " "No!" It was a scream. Dr. Kaplan looked at her in amazement: "Jill, I know what you did for Toby last time. But this time there is no hope. I—" "We can't let go. Not yet." There was something desperate in her voice. Dr. Kaplan hesitated, then shrugged. "Well, if you value treatment that much, but—"

"Treatment is important." Right now, it's the most important thing in the world.Treatment would save Jill's life. She knew what she had to do. The next day is Friday.David called Jill and said he had to go to Madrid on business. "I probably won't be able to see you this weekend." "I miss you," Jill said, "very much." "I miss you too. How are you? Your voice is a bit weird. Are you tired?" Jill tried to keep her eyes open, to forget about the terrible headache.She could not remember when she had eaten or slept.She was so weak she couldn't stand up.But on the phone, she tried to speak lightly: "I'm fine, David."

"I love you, honey. Take care of yourself." "I will, David. I love you. Please understand this." No matter what happened. She heard the physical therapist's car pulling into her driveway.So Jill started down the stairs, the nerves in her head throbbing, her trembling legs barely holding her up.The therapist was about to ring the doorbell when Jill opened the front door. "Good morning, Mrs. Temple," he said.He was walking in when Jill stopped him.He looked at her in surprise. "Dr. Kaplan has decided to cancel Toby's physical therapy." The physical therapist frowned.This means that he came here completely in vain.Someone should have informed him earlier, usually he would have complained about it.But Mrs. Temple was such a wonderful lady, and so much trouble.He smiled at her and said, "All right, Mrs. Temple. I understand."

So he sat back in his car. Jill waited until she heard the car pull away before turning back upstairs.Halfway there, a wave of dizziness hit her again, and she had to hold on to the railing and wait for it to pass.She can't let it go now.If she didn't do it again, she would die herself. She went to the door of Toby's room, turned the handle on the door, and walked in.Nurse Gallagher is sitting in an easy chair assembling needles.She saw Jill standing in the doorway, looking up in wonder. "Ah!" she said, "you have come to see us. How wonderful!" She turned to look at the bed. "I know Mr. Temple will be pleased. Don't you, Mr. Temple?"

Toby sat up on the bed, propped up by pillows.His eyes spoke to Jill: "I'm going to kill you." Jill shifted her gaze to Nurse Gallagher. "I, I think, I spend too little time with my husband." "Well, well, that's exactly what I was thinking," said Nurse Gallagher cheerfully, "but I saw you were sick yourself, so I said to myself—" "I'm better now," interrupted Jill, "and I want to be alone with Mr. Temple." Nurse Gallagher gathered her needles and other supplies and stood up. "Of course," she said, "I'm sure we'll all be happy." She turned to look at the smirking figure on the bed. "Isn't it, Mr. Temple?" she said to Jill again. "I'll go into the kitchen and make myself a cup of fragrant tea."

"No, you're off duty in half an hour. You can go now. I'll stay here until Nurse Gordon comes," Jill reassured her with a quick smile. "Don't worry, I'm here with him." .” "I thought I could go shopping and—" "Okay," said Jill, "you go." Jill stood there, motionless, until she heard the front door close and Nurse Gallagher's car pull out of the driveway.The sound of the motor faded into the hot outdoors, and Jill turned to look at Toby. His eyes were fixed on her face, motionless, unblinking.Jill forced herself to go to his bed, lifted the cover, and looked down at the paralyzed torso, limp legs.

The wheelchair is in the corner.Jill pushed it to the side of the bed, positioning it so that Toby could roll onto the chair.She held out her hand to him and stopped again.It took all her willpower to reach him: the mummy's grinning face was inches from hers.The mouth is grinning like an idiot, and the bright blue eyes are belching poisonous flames.Jill leaned forward and forced herself to grab Toby's shoulders and help him up.Toby was almost weightless.However, under the condition of exhaustion, Jill still worked hard.When she touched his body, Jill felt that a cold chill surrounded her again.She couldn't bear the thoughts in her head.Venus appeared in front of her eyes, more and more, flashing back and forth, and faster and faster.She felt dizzy and felt that she could barely stand.However, she knew she couldn't let this happen.As long as she wanted to live, she couldn't faint now.Using superhuman strength, she dragged Toby's limp body into a wheelchair and strapped it in.She looked at her watch, only twenty minutes left.

It took another five minutes for Jill to go to her bedroom, change into her bathing suit, and go back to Toby's room. She opened the brakes on the wheelchair and began to push Toby into the corridor and into the elevator.She stood behind him when they came down the elevator, she couldn't see his eyes.But she can feel it.She felt a cold, damp, foul smell gradually filling the elevator, which suffocated her.This breath, caressing her, filled her lungs with the rotten smell until she couldn't breathe.She couldn't breathe.She knelt down, panting, struggling, trying not to lose consciousness, not to be trapped here with Toby.Just when she felt that her eyes were dark and she was about to lose consciousness, the elevator door finally opened.Jill crawled out into the warm sunlight and lay down on the ground, breathing deeply, inhaling the fresh air.Slowly, her energy returned.She turned to the elevator, and Toby watched her from the wheelchair.Jill quickly pushed the wheelchair out of the elevator and into the swimming pool.

It was a beautiful sunny summer day with a cloudless sky.There was a warm and fragrant smell in the air.The sun shines on the turquoise, filtered water.The pool water is clear and calm. Jill pushed the wheelchair to the edge of the pool at the deep end and locked the gate.She walked to the wheelchair.Toby's eyes were fixed on her, watching her carefully, with a look of bewilderment.Jill reached out and grabbed Toby's chair strap and tried to hold it tight.She tugged at it, with what little strength she had.But because of too much force, she felt dizzy again.All of a sudden, she got it all right.At this moment, Jill noticed that Toby's eyes had changed, and he understood what was about to happen.A frantic, diabolical panic began to show in his eyes.

Jill let go of the brakes, grabbed the handle of the wheelchair, and began pushing it into the water.Toby managed to move his paralyzed lips.He wanted to yell, but nothing came out.That scene is frightening.She couldn't stand his gaze.She doesn't want to know anymore... She pushed the wheelchair to the very edge of the pool. It held fast, the concrete rim against the wheel.She pushed harder, but she still couldn't get through, just as Toby held the wheelchair by force of will.Jill could see him trying desperately to get up from his chair, struggling for his life.He wanted to get out of the harness, he wanted to escape, he wanted to put his bony fingers around her throat...she could hear him, he was yelling, "I don't want to die...I don't want to die... Jill! " Jill didn't know if all this was her imagination or real.Anyway, in a fit of panic, she suddenly gained strength, and she pushed hard.The wheelchair tilted forward, rushed into the air, stopped there motionless, seemed to have stopped for a long, long time, and then fell into the pool with a crash, and the waves splashed.The wheelchair appeared to float on the water for a long time before starting to sink.The swirl of water rolled the wheelchair over again.Jill casts one last glance at Toby.His last look was a curse - a curse on her to hell.The waves calmed down.The water in the pool is still so clear and blue.

Jill stood there for a long time, shivering in the hot noon sun.When the vitality flowed through her body and mind again, she wet her bathing suit and walked down the steps of the swimming pool. She went back to her room, picked up the phone, and called the police station.