She was exhausted, and collapsed back, bursting into tears.

"Why don't you just leave?" Theodore asked. Her tears made his heart ache.

"If you leave, you'll live. You don't have to care about me."

Squatting beside the car, Ariana started sobbing.

"I'm sorry. It's all my fault. Lynch is here because of me. If I leave you like this, then I'll have the image of you turning into a ghost for the rest of my life..."