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(2009-05-25 13:39:10)
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I looked at mother’s pale white and thin face and I couldn’t
control the tears in my eyes. My god, how could this happen? Throughout the
funeral,hubby did say a single word to me, with only the occasional
disgusted stare at me. I only managed to find out brief facts about the
accident from other people. That day, after mother left the house, she
walked in dazed toward the bus stop, apparently intending to go back to her
old house back in the countryside. As hubby ran after her, she tried
to walk faster and as she tried to cross the street, a public bus came
and hit her... 
  
I finally understood how much hubby must hate me, if I had not
thrown  up that morning, if we had not quarreled, if...
In his heart, I am indirectly the killer of his mother. 
Hubby moved into mother’s room and came home every night with a
strong liquor smell on him. And me, I am buried under the guilt and self pity
and could  hardly breathe. I wanted to explain to him, tell him
that we are going to have our baby soon, but each time, I saw the dead
look in his eyes, all the words I have at the brink of my mouth just fell
back in. I had rather he hit me real hard or give me a big and
thorough scolding though none of these events happening had been my fault
at all. 
  
Many days of suffocating silence went by and as the days went by,
hubby came home later and later. The deadlock between us continues, we
were living together like strangers who don’t know each other. I am
like  the dead knot in his heart. 
  
One day, I passed by a western restaurant, looking into the glass
window, I saw hubby and a girl sitting facing each other and he
very lightly brushed her hair for her, I understood what it meant.
After recovering from that moment of shock, I entered the restaurant,
stood  in front of my hubby and stared hard at him, not a tear in my eyes.
I  have nothing to say to him, and there is no need to say anything. 
  
The girl looked at me, looks at hubby, stands up and wanted to
go,  hubby  stretched out his hand and stopped her. He stared back at me,
challenging me. I can only hear my slow heart beat, beating, one
by  one as if at the brink of death. I eventually backed down, if I had
stood  that any longer, I will collapse together with the baby inside
me. 
  
That night, he did not come home, he had chosen to use that as a
way  to indicate to me: Following mother’s death so did our love for each
other.He did not come home anymore after that. Sometimes, when I
returned  home from work, I can tell that the cupboard had been touched - he had
returned to take some of his stuff. 
  
I no longer wish to call him; the initial desire to explain
everything to him vanished. 
  
I lived alone; I go for my medical checkups alone, my heart
breaks againand again every time I see a guy carefully helping his wife
through the  physical examination. My office colleagues hinted to me to
consider aborting the baby, I told them No, I will not. I insisted on
having to this baby, perhaps it is my way of repaying mother for causing
her death. 
  
One day, I came home and I saw hubby sitting in the living room.
The whole house was filled with cigarette smoke. On the coffee table,
there was this piece of paper. I know what it is all about without even
looking at it. 
  
In the two months plus of living alone, I have gradually learned
to  find peace within myself. I looked at him, removed my hat and said:
”You  wait a while, I will sign.” He looked at me, mixed feelings in his  
eyes,just like mine. As I hang up my coat, I keep repeating to myself “You
cannot  cry, you cannot cry...” my eyes hurt terribly, but I refused to
let  tears come out from there. 
  
After I hung up my coat, hubby’s eyes stared fixed at my bulging
tummy. I smiled, walked over to the coffee table and pull e paper
towards me.Without even looking at what it says, I signed my name on it and
pushed the paper to him. 
  
 ”LD, you are pregnant?” 
  
Since mother’s accident, this is the first time he spoke to me. I
could not control my tears any further and they fell like raindrops. I
said:”Yes, but its ok, you can leave now.” He did not go, in the
dark, we sat, facing each other. 
  
Hubby slowly moved over me, his tears wet the blanket. In my
heart,everything seems so far away, so far that even if I sprint, I
could never reach them. 
I cannot remember how many times he repeated “sorry” to me, I had
originally thought that I would forgive him, but now I can’t. In
the  western restaurant, in front of that girl, that cold look in his
eyes,I will never forget, ever. We have drawn such deep scares in each
other’s  heart. For me, its unintentional; for him, totally intentional. 
 

I had been waiting for this moment of reconciliation, but I
realized now, what had gone past is gone forever and could not repeated.
Other  than the thought of the baby inside me that would bring some
warmth to my heart, I am totally cold towards him, I no longer eat anything
he buys for me, I don’t take any presents from him and I stopped
talking to  him. From the moment I signed on that piece of paper, marriage
and  love   had vanished from my heart. 

Sometimes, hubby will try to come into the bedroom, but when he
walks in, I will walk out to the living room. He had no choice but to
sleep in mother’s room. At night, from his room, I can hear light sounds
of groaning, I kept quiet. This used to be his trick; last time,
whenever I ignore him, he would fake illness and I will surrender and find
out what  is wrong with him, he would then grab me and laugh. He has
forgotten that last time; I cared for him and am concerned because there is  
love,but now, what is there between us? 

Hubby’s groaning came on and off continuing all the way till baby
was born. Almost everyday, he would buy something for the baby,
infant products, children products and books that kids like to read.
Bags and bags of it stacked inside his room till it is full. I know he is
trying to use this to reach out to me, but I am no longer moved by his
ctions.He has no choice but to lock himself in his room and I can hear
his  typing away on his computer keyboard, maybe he is now addicted to
web surfing, but none of that matters to me anymore. 
 

It was sometime towards the end of spring in the following year,
one late night, I screamed because of a sudden stomach pain, hubby
came rushing into the room, its like he did not change and sleep, and
had been waiting for this moment. He carried me and ran down the
stairs,stopped a car, holding my hand very tightly and kept wiping the
sweat off my brown, throughout the journey to the hospital. Once we
reached the hospital, he carried me and hurried into the delivery suite.
Lying on the back of his skinny but warmth body, a thought crossed my
mind:In my lifetime, who else would love me as much as he did? 
  
He held the delivery suite door opened and watch me go in, his
warm  eyes caused me to managed a smile at him despite my contraction pain.
 
Coming out of the delivery room, hubby looked at our son, and me,
his eyes tear with joy and he kept smiling. I reached out and touched
his hand. 
Hubby looked at me, smiling and then he slowly collapsed onto the
floor.I cried out for him in pain... He smiled, but without opening
that tired eyes of his... I had thought that I w ould never shed any tear
for him,but the truth is, I have never felt a deeper pain cutting through
my body at that moment. 
Doctor said that by the time hubby discovered he had liver
cancer, it  was already in terminal stage and it was a miracle that he
managed to last this long. I asked the doctor when did he first discover he
had cancer? Doctor said about 5 months ago and consoled me saying:
”Prepare for his funeral.” I disregarded the nurse’s objection and rushed
home,I went into his room and checked his computer, and a suffocating
pain hits me. 
Hubby’s cancer was discovered 5 months ago, his groaning was
real,and I had thought that... the computer showed over 200 thousand words
he wrote for our son: “Son, just for you, I have persisted, to be able to
take a look at you before I fall, is my biggest wish now... I know that in your
life,you will have many happiness and maybe some setbacks, if only I
can accompany you throughout that journey, how nice would it be. But
daddy now no long has that chance. Daddy has written inside here all
the possible difficulties and problems you may encounter during your
lifetime, when you meet with these problems, you can refer to
daddy’s suggestion... Son, after writing these 200 thousand words, I feel
as if  I have accompanied you through your life journey. To be honest,
daddy is very happy. Do love your mother, she has suffered, she is the one
who loves you most and also the one who loves me most...” 

From play school to primary school, to secondary, university, to
work and even in dealing with questions of love, everything big and
small was written there. 
Hubby has also written a letter for me:
”My dear, to marry you is my biggest happiness, forgive me for
the pain I have caused you, forgive me for not telling you my illness,
because  I  want to see you be in a joyful mood waiting for the arrival of
our baby... My dear, if you cried, it means that you have forgiven me
and I  would smile, thank you for loving me... These presents, I’m
afraid I  cannot give them to our son personally, could you help me to give
some of them to him every year, the dates on what to give when are all
written on the packaging...”
 
Going back to the hospital, hubby is still in coma. I brought our
son  over and place him beside him. I said: “Open your eyes and smile,

I  want our son to remember being in the warmth of your arms...”
 
He struggled to open his eyes and managed a weak smile. Our son
still in his arms was happily waving his tiny hands in the air. I press
the  button on the camera and the sound of the shutter rang thought
the air as tears slowly rolled down my face...

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