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Candice summers. Born 26 February 1999. She lived a happy life until at the age of 5, both her parents died in an accident. She was taken up by foster care and send to live with a couple far from her home. Fast forward 10 years, she is diagnosed with bone Marie cancer and send to a local hospital. After 6month, seeing no improvement in her treatment, her foster parents stop the treatment unable to pay any longer. After 2 months with no hope of recovering , candy demands to go back to her old home for her last few months. Despite not paying for her treatment , her parents who lived with her for 10 years grow emotional and grant her wish. She is send to live with a nurse in her old home which was n old apartment of 2 bedroom, which was lying idle. By mistake she calls an take out shop once and fell in love with the food. After 2 years , she finds that she has only a couple months left. And one day she finds out that her favourite restaurant is closing down. When she talks to the 'young chef' , she demands for food and he reluctantly agrees. A few conversations and she falls for him completely. Few days later she finds that her condition has worsened and the nurse told her to start counting her final hours. Depressed, she didn't reply to Jamie. But when she feels herself degrading and suddenly worsening, she calls for a last meal. On January 20,2017 Candice succumbs to her illness and passes away. Jamie finds out from the nurse. He goes to visit her grave and sees her foster parents silently watching her grave.

Everyday Jamie waits for her call. Every month he cooks different food items and takes it to her grave. Every year he memorises a girl who pestered him for food and to whom he couldn't reject. And thus a beautiful story is remembered never.

Final call ended.

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