Later that night, he abruptly dialed 119. She was then brought to the ER as fast as possible. Filled with aghast, Joong Won couldn't handle his emotions at the moment. His heart pounded, pounded and pounded out of chest as if it were going to burst fluids anytime now.

Numerous hours ticked by. One of the surgeons got out of the room, removing his mask away with his plastic rubber gloves.

''I'm sorry sir. The patient has already ascended to heaven before we could perform a heart transplant surgery on her. We did our best.''

The doctor slightly tilted down his head towards the floor indicating that it was the truth.

''What...No, you're joking, right??''  Tears formed around his eyes, dripping like tap water. And so he grasped the situation.

His second love of his life had passed away just like the other one. Perhaps he was just as unlucky as me. Dead people cling onto him as if he were some sort of portal to the living, a portal of hope.

Still standing in front of him, he asked his permission if he could take a glimpse at her face prior to bidding farewell for the last time.

''Oh sweet Mary Jesus. Look at you. You are so pale darling, let me color your lips with your favorite bright red lipstick you wore at the Vichelli event.  Remember that moment I asked you for a dance and we danced the night away in your most aesthetic gown of birds I offered you that night near the pool when you almost drowned because of