CHAPTER 18

"Maybe you just stuck garlic in your armpit to make me believe you have a fever, do you?" I dreamed of him. "Don't you know anything but to tease and play?"

He keeps on giggling. "Even if you smell my armpits, you won't smell any garlic." He raised his hand just to reveal his armpit. "Dare to smell it, Irene."

I took the wet towel from the basin and threw it at him. "Take care of yourself!"

I was about to leave his room when he suddenly said, "Don't leave."

"I don't have time to joke with you, Israel. I have so many things to do, so please stop your childish game!" I glared at him when I faced him. "Even Delancy you fooled that you are sick... for what? To get me to come here?"

"Because I really have." His voice became serious and his laughter suddenly stopped. "Look, I'm just trying to be okay in front of you just so I could stop you from worrying too much for me..."

"But I think I expect nothing but the opposite," he added.

At this time, I suddenly felt guilty for the words I uttere