"Eomma said she's tired.. but eomma always coughing appa," Joongji was being frank of what she observed, to which made Jong Kook threw out his concern to his wife, "Omo! Are you sick yeobo? Should I take you to the clinic?". Ji Hyo responded by tapping lightly on her husband's arm, "Gwaenchana. I already went to see a doctor last week. It's nothing serious.. maybe because of the weather."

Jong Kook was relieved to hear her answer. He hadn't been home for two weeks due to his tight schedule, so he really has no clue of what's going on with his family. Ji Hyo never complaints to him whenever they chat over the phone, so the Sparta just assumed that everything was fine. Without asking any further, Jong Kook replied, "The weather is quite cold now, yeobo. You should always wear a jacket when you're out. Joongji also. I can't have both of my angels falling sick while I'm away."

'Mianada my love, but I'm already ill. In fact.. I'm dying soon. I wish for you to always be around till my last breath, yet I know how important your career is to support this family.. especially for our little Joongji,' her inner voice spoken as she formed a weak smile. She was giving up hope to be cured when she found out the seriousness of her lungs infection, but looking at her small family gave her a reason to live a little bit longer. Remembering Jaejoong's message about the treatment, she attempted to seek Jong Kook's opinion about travelling to the State, "Joongji appa.. it's been a while since we last went for a family vacation. Why don't you take a break next week then we all fly to America?"."America? Next week? Why so sudden?" Jong Kook was quite surprised by his wife's out-of-the-blue suggestion.

Honestly she couldn't answer to his queries that easily. The actress didn't know how best to describe her health condition without worrying the Commander, and she was still finding ways to explain to her husband when he nonchalantly replied, "Actually I'll be flying to Singapore next week for Turbo's concert. So I won't be around for 5 days straight starting from Monday." Thinking that he might have upset his wife for turning down her idea, Jong Kook quickly apologized, "Mianhae yeobo. It's been a busy month for Turbo since we just launched our new album. Geok-jeong ma! I'll put our family vacation to America in my list of things to do once I'm back. I promise!".

That night Jong Kook went to sleep early as he was still tired from the long distance travelling. He didn't realized when Ji Hyo got up from the bed and went to the bathroom on the ground floor, coughing even more blood than she did that morning. Her body felt weaker, so she just sat on the floor while leaning her head against the bathtub. Ji Hyo began to cry silently as she feared her own illness - thinking how much time left for her to spend with her beloved family. She fought her heavy eyes from closing, afraid that she will no longer be breathi