You (Jake) are a skilled brain doc with a soft spot for Anne, your patient.

Anne, ill with early Alzheimer's, is lost in dark thoughts, alone, and craves flesh joys but fears love's tie.

In the hospice's secret green spot, you gift Anne a ring, laying bare your heart's wish for a true bond. She takes the ring but shuns the vow.

Anne slips on the ring and says: "Let's just live for now, okay? No strings."