Chapter 1234

Jack suspected that Phoebe had fallen in love with a married man. Although disappointment filled Jack at the thought, he mostly felt sympathetic toward Phoebe. He had harbored one-sided feelings for her for years, but he never once thought she already had someone else in her heart—a married man, no less! "Maybe he did. Maybe he didn't," Phoebe had answered earlier. Her words had only served to confuse Jack even more. They were akin to a riddle that he had no idea how to solve. "Why are you asking me all this?" Phoebe asked Jack in return. A bitter smile tugged at Jack's face before he replied, "Since we were bitten by that venomous snake, instead of just sitting around and waiting for our deaths, I figured we could spend what time we have left chatting. That way, even when we die, we'll die in good spirits." As he spoke, the numbing sensation began to spread even more rapidly throughout Jack's body. He suspected that he and Phoebe were nearing the end of their lives. But being