Chapter 45

Roman looks around his room for what looks like the very last time and we can see the heartbreak in his expression. The next morning Richard is driving Roman and Alice to the hospital and the tension in the cab is thick and uncomfortable. When they arrive the doctor is checking on Hilton and tells them that there isn��t anything that they can do for him now except alleviate his pain and letting him sleep. The doctor leaves and Roman thanks him. He tells Alice to go out in the hall and not to let anyone in. Alice leans up against the door heart breaking because of the choice she had to make.
Roman comes out a little while later and tells her he should be healed soon. He tells her that he will be taking his leave and she thanks him. He side glances at her but then walks away without looking back.
Roman goes to a bar and drinks a lot, to the point that even the bartender thinks that he can drink. He manages to get a little drunk but that quickly wears off. He then goes for a walk in the rain and bumps into a gang of people who beat him up. Though he could fight back he takes the beating, maybe so he can feel something other than his heart breaking.
Alice comes home to the empty house and goes to the fridge for some water, but she sees Roman's juice and closes the fridge door. She goes to the bathroom to freshen up and catches herself squeezing the toothpaste the right way and remembers the time that Roman emptied an entire tube to remind her how to squeeze. She goes into his room and looks around but when she gets to his closet and opens it, it hits her that he��s gone. All of his clothes have been removed from the clothes, so she just curls up on the floor and cries. She remembers all of the times that they had together, from their meeting, to her trying to get rid of him, to even the really happy times.
Hilton is back at work after his miraculous recovery from his cancer. Louis tells him that he should have taken more time off work to recover, and Crystal tells Louis he��s only saying that so he can stay leading. Louis invites the team out to lunch on him, and tell them that no one should try and fight him for the bill. The Chief walks in and asks what the fighting was about and welcomes Hilton back. He mentions he heard Louis say something about going out to lunch together and told them to put it on his card.
Richard is driving Alice to Jacqueline's house and he reminds her that once he drops her off he��s going to computer city and so she needs to call him before she wants to leave. She absentmindedly says that��s find and just to make sure to buy milk and fresh fruit on the way back. Richard asks if Roman is actually gone, and Alice asks him if he has received any contacts from him. Richard says that he hasn��t and he asks what they were fighting about. He mentioned that only a few days ago she was making time to spend with him so he doesn��t understand the sudden breakup. He mentions that Roman is a good guys but he sucks at cooking. Alice tells him to shut up and ask if he can��t live without Roman He mutters about her being the one to bring up milk and fruits and she yells at him that she can drink milk herself.
Alice asks Jacqueline why she was reading a biology book, and she tells her that as an actress it doesn��t hurt to read more. She asks if Bill suggested it and she confirms the suspicion. Jacqueline tells Alice about how it��s interesting and that tortoises live so long because their heart only beats 6 times a minute. Alice lashes out which makes Jacqueline realize that it really is over between Roman and her. She reminds Alice that if she doesn��t want it to end than she should fight for it. Though Alice tells her that he isn��t someone that she can grow old with. Jacqueline confesses that she thought that Alice and Roman would end up together. She also said that since Alice and Hilton were close to getting married maybe she could try starting it with him again. She tells Jacqueline that she only see Hilton as a brother. Jacqueline tells her that being cured of cancer is extremely rare, but Alice just fires back that Hilton is meant to live a prosperous life.
Bill tests Hilton's blood and finds the same enzymes as in Alice. He��s trying to figure out what monster would heal him. He is refusing to let the hospital do research as to how he was cured and is being Bill's guinea pig for free. Bill simply tells him that how he can tell what they have is true love, and Hilton tells him that he doesn��t want to compete against Jacqueline. Bill starts to ponder why the monster would also save him after saving Alice and Hilton tells him he needs evidence, not just speculation. Bill asks if he really thinks that the Dormant body was stolen and Hilton tells him that he hasn��t ruled out the possibility yet. Bill admits that he could get frustrated talking to police, and Bill takes his leave.
Alice is sitting on the rooftop alone with a glass of wine and across from a glass of milk. She clicks the two glasses together as if to make a toast.
Hilton doesn��t know who saved him or if he was saved by luck but there is a lot of work to be done.
Maugham gets a report and calls Roman getting bold. He is amazed that he risks being exposed to save Hilton. Portman tells him that he is scared that he will soon be revealed. They plan to meet to discuss how to catch him.
Roman is sitting in the tea shop scrolling through his feed and stumbles on Alice photo and pauses. He receives a phone call while his ringer was still on and hung up before turning off his ringer. Portman is being showed to his room when he hears the phone ringing in the room next to his. Another man arrives and after some time Roman realizes that something is off. He goes into the other room to find an unknown 3rd party there and threatens him. After the other man calls the a worker comes in with Phillip.
Roman tells Phillip that it was just a misunderstanding, though he said that if he actually fought him it would have ended poorly. Roman asks if he goes there often, and he tells him it��s his first time but he was stood up. Roman asks who would stand him up and asks if it was Jacqueline. Phillip chuckles but tells him that it was actually his elusive cousin. He had gotten an email to meet for tea and dinner as some things are better said in person. Phillip turns the question to him, and asks how Alice is and Roman tells him quite fine.
Hilton goes to visit Alice and she asks him why he didn��t call before coming over. He mentioned that he did but no one answered, and she tells him that she must not have heard her phone. Hilton asks if Alice is feeling ok, she doesn��t answer but asks him if he wanted something. He confirms that he wanted to talk with Roman and she tells him that Roman is away on vacation. He asks if she doesn��t want to see him, because the few times they saw each other she seems unhappy. She throws a pillow at him and asks him if she doesn��t want him well, and then grabs her pillow to start crying.
Roman is following the unknown man when he feels his heart rate rise. He pulls out his phone and looks at the picture of Alice that he has as his background and continues to follow the man.
Hilton tries to calm Alice down by apologizing but she tells him it��s not his fault. Hilton apologizes for not telling her sooner, and tells her how bad he felt breaking her heart in front of everyone. She tells him that it has nothing to do with him and everything that has happened with him happened in the past and is long over. Hilton asks if she hates him, she simply shuffles his hair and asks him how she can hate him, after all he��s her little brother. Alice asks him to leave so she can go to bed.
Roman stops the man and asks him who he was. The man does odd job for people. He was hired to calls a specific telephone number at 3:30 pm and then to go to the tea house where he nor the other person could speak and hand him the number. He was also instructed to stay in the room for 30 minutes. It was an odd request but not the weirdest job he��s done. He hands Roman the number he was forced to call and it was his number.
Roman goes to the beach one more time and looks at the photo of Maugham and his mother and decides that if he is going to leave the sooner the better but he was going to need to get some help