Medical Center.
Hospital ward.
"Her illness is beyond treatment now. All that's keeping her going is her will to live and emergency resuscitation."
Adam looked at them. "Either keep dragging this out until even her will and resuscitation can't help, or sign a D.N.R. and stop resuscitating her."
The three nieces and nephews exchanged glances, all wearing bitter smiles.
As for the first option, they had already dragged things out for so long that they had run out of patience.
As for the second, their aunt still had the will to live, which meant she did not want to die yet.
If they still loved her and could bear to do that, they would have done it long ago. Why would they have kept delaying until now?
"Bring me the papers."
The elderly woman, who had slowly regained consciousness, opened her eyes and spoke.
"Aunt Joyce..."
The three nieces and nephews were all deeply ashamed.
"This isn't your fault." The elderly woman smiled. "You are all good children, all my dearest family. Every time, you came to keep me company. Every time, you gave me the courage to keep living. That was enough. Actually, I didn't want to keep putting you through this either. If I wasn't lying in the hospital receiving emergency treatment, then I was on the way to the hospital receiving emergency treatment. I'd had enough of this life too. I already knew that you loved me. Let me leave this suffering body with the happiness of loving and being loved."
"Aunt Joyce, sob..."
Her niece burst into tears.
Tears also shimmered in the eyes of her two nephews.
"Doctor." The elderly woman looked at Adam with a smile.
"Grey!" Adam called to Lexie. "Go get the D.N.R. papers."
"...Yes."
Lexie could not bear it, but she