Carol got off the phone and said Gilbert is on his way. Wow, Carol has been seeing Gilbert for over a few months already and they're both always on the phone. How lovely. It only reminded of how Zeta used to do that with Eric. Oh well, they're now friends only. Few minutes later, Gilbert came in with Raymond. Gil had an urge to drink something cold and have a game of Pool. So Gil went to pick up a few bottles of beer while i setup the table for the break. Just as I was about to hit the white ball, across the table was this beautiful, sweet smiling, charming and decent girl... She was talking to Raymond and it caught my eyes. Alright, I continued on my game. Not long later, Monique came in with Rachel from their yoga session. I could see the sweat and tireness from Rachel's eyes and she seems to be ok. Rachel had never looked any better than that moment. The same smile came from her just like the day she left me 6 months ago. "Hey, Eric... it's your shot... Come on!". Wow, I was so steamy that night and distracted by the sweet decent girl. I had to know her. So Eric walked up to Raymond and just as I arrived by the bar stool, Raymond introduced me to Alysher. Eric's heart pounded hard and fast. Gee, it's natural to be nervous right? Zeta was abit jealous, I guess, at that moment. Cause she served the drink in a very teasy manner. Rachel, on the other hand, looked at me and put her thumbs up.
Alysher's really a nice girl. She has that attraction from her beauty. later, Carol said she had to rush back and left us. Life as a medical investigator, sigh! It's tough for her, forever on standby. So, Carol went off with Gilbert. Gil said, we'll talk at work tomorrow, back at the hospital. We're both the handful best doctors around. Raymond left us both alone and entertained Monique while Rachel chit chats with Zeta. Rachel then shows some photos of her modeling to takes to us. She's currently taking 3-4 jobs in a day. Poor her, a nurse by day. A cover girl cum insurance agent cum performer by night/out of shifts.
Suddenly Zeta breaks the news to us that she'll be partnering with Florence to re-vamp Flo's The Flow pub and bar into Zeta Bar. The new look and operations will be done by Zeta who is also the co-owner. So, we congratulated her and a round of drinks was then on the house.
She then looks at me and smiled as I smiled back. Eric and Zeta's passion flame had never died off, but without any idea why, Zeta just had to dump Eric. She'll never take him back but in her heart, she just is doing it for the sake of Eric. On the other hand, the love birds had been admiring each other since day 1 they met. Which love birds? That's Rachel and Eric, of course. They didn't know about it. Till the time Eric had to attend a conference in Singapore and was caught down by SARS. The determination came when Rachel was scared to lose him and flew there in search of Eric. She rushed to the hospital only to see the corpse covered up. Oh no! Could it be the end of the episode? Rachel fell to her knees and cried... exposing her true love to Eric was held back as she didn't want to steal her best friend's boyfriend and she regreted not telling and treasuring him while he was around. If you're the drama director, you would place this stupid scene in as well. Guess what? Rachel was typically crying at the wrong bed, lah! Standing behind was Eric with his tears rolling down. What happens next? Every romance story would never cut this scene. It's the same old scene we always use but it's never tiring. The turn around and hug and cherishing happens. No, Eric never died. He survived the SARS unlike many that didn't when the incident occured. They left back to Hong Kong and had a great life together for a couple of months more; only to realize that Rachel still feels ashame and guilty to date Eric. Why? Even though Zeta knew and never objected (which she doesn't have any right or should interfere as well), Rachel still feels bad and ackward to live on with Eric by her side. As much as they love each other, she just can't accept it. Rachel loves Eric alot but in the end, broke up hoping to remain neutral and able to balance the friendship between Eric, Rachel and Zeta. Zeta assured Rachel that she's fine with the relationship and admits once in awhile being envy of her etc. But she's letting the past go. So did Eric, moving on from Zeta. At times, Zeta and Rachel would have had their differences, as they were pushing me to each other.
Rachel just can't take the pressure and couldn't pass this stage of facing herself, therefore, she tried to date other guys just to cover up. Monique knows and couldn't do a thing but supports her. Much to the incident, Monique, Caroline and Alysher comforts Eric. Eric's the loyal lover type. Very romantic and sentimental. So, Eric went on a drive around with Monique once in awhile to get his mind off Rachel leaving him. Rachel feels bad but she just wants to do it for Eric's good. For everything done, Alysher was alawys by his side to give him support and take care of him throughly. This happens for another few sets of months. One day, Alysher's sister, Wendy, was in town. She dropped by the bar and took some things to Alysher. Wendy knocked down Alysher by accident and dangerously got her into the dart board area. As I was releasing the grip of the dart, it was in that split second that I realize Alysher falling towards the direction and is on collision course with the dart. Many people questioned the script writer and frankly so did I. Why would she be in harm's way in the first place? Well, apparently, there were so much things brought in that Wendy had to place it at one corner and that's the only empty space corner. She didn't know that's where we play darts. That very moment, I was also having my head turned for a sip of my tequila on rocks. As I resumed, my sight was clear and Alysher was just stopping Wendy from being anyway near there. They weren't actually that near, but when Wendy (which was still bending down), stood back straight up to push and knocked Alysher over where she tripped on the raised step of the dart area. The rest, watch the episode to see how she fell and I speared her.
YES! I DID! I speared her by mistake, it was an accident. I was so guilty... That's Eric's life having a spin off. Alysher fell down gripping the dart hard and wasn't able to pull it out. If she did, all the blood would have squirted out like a squirt gun and losing alot of blood is something I won't risk to do. That was the moment I actually showed my acting skills... I've to cry and be very painful. Crying my heart out and lifting her up and rushing her to the hospital is like a moment of death for me. Obviously, it's a life and death situation, what would I expect?
Eric's profession as a doctor seems to be useless there. Cause he panicks and is crying while shouting out loud for help. His mind goes blank and blurred as the one he cares for the most actually is Alysher. Yes, he found out that very moment. She was in a critical state that instance and Eric was in no state of mind to operate and rescue her. The cardiologist was rushing in as well and the resident doctor isn't much of a help. The specialist did all he could and decided that it's time to do the damage repair on her heart. But Alysher was losing too much blood and pressure seems to drop. Time was running short, so Eric did the unthinkable by transfusing blood into her. Obviously the blood type must have matched, else Eric can't be the donor. He stabbed himself, without thinking of antiseptically cleaning the pen into his thorax and chucked the tube in to complete the flow. Eyes were all shocked and of cos, scoldings came after that. It's an improfessional act and very unethical. Soon, Eric fell flat as well, as his blood sugar dropped evenly as well. Alysher managed to survive but was comatosed for days. However, Eric never gave up waiting by her side and cleaned her and took care of her all the while. Was it out of guilt and apology or was it out of desperation? No, he finally realized that it wasn't out of those. It's definitely not out of guilt but for love.
All of the sudden, Eric collapsed. The doctors rushed him in to the ward and found infection on his wounds where he stabbed himself. The next time Eric knew, he was hearing mournings and cries.He opened his eyes to see that everyone was right beside him. There was Zeta wiping her tears, Rachel hugging me suddenly and thanking god, Raymond smiling and taking my pulse... Gilbert was holding Carol's hands while presenting me flowers. Monique was peeling an orange for me. But wait.. where was she? I tried to sit up. They all helped me.. and then... in came Alysher through the door. I was so happy to see her and she came forth to hug me and we kissed. Everybody cheered and i spoke the words 'I Love You, I'm so sorry for what has happened and I don't want to lose you ever..." Alysher smiled with tears in her eyes and replied; "I Love You too... Don't ever do that silly move again and promise me you'll never leave me." Rachel had that look in her eyes that she wished it was me and her.
It all came to that happy ending with Alysher being the true love with Eric. Alysher later got promoted and became the Principal Magistrate (Choi Phoon Kun). My life as a doctor didn't change much and I was rather happy dating Alysher. Rachel became a hot cover girl for many magazines and was offered a proper contract but she turned down to continue helping out in the hospital as nurse. Monique on the other hand, continued her studies while teaching yoga. Carol took up part-time lecturing for Forensics at a local Uni and still investigates for the hospital. Gilbert took his exams and later became a surgical practitioner. Zeta? Same thing, she's as colorful and entertaining to her bar patrons. She sometimes still regrets she ever left me, but its only in her heart. Didn't really show it much. As for Eric, it's only a matter of time.
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