Chapter II
“Li-en, open up please, please open up. I need to talk to you!” He pounded on the door, yelling for her to open the door. He realized that it was dark inside, and tried looking through the windows to see if he could make out anything. He tested the doorknob, and to his surprise, the door swung open. When he saw what lay before him, he knew, that she had finally flown away.
The apartment was completely bare, stripped, wiped out, save for a single table lamp, set in the corner. Under it was a fish bowl, containing a single fish. Lonely, he thought, like him. He dropped his keys, and walked up to the bowl, kneeling down in front of it.
That night was still fresh in his mind. They were walking down the aisle, surveying the fish tanks that lined the wall, when he proposed they get a fish together. He could still remember her smile, the sound of her laughter when he said that. He had chosen this one, jokingly saying that it had her eyes and his looks, and that they kept it under that table lamp she had. Li-en punched him playfully, for calling her a fish, her ring glittered under the light.
“Yup. You’re a fish. I’m a fish. It’ll be our baby!” He stole a kiss on her cheek. There it was, swimming. He tore off the piece of paper that had been stuck onto the bowl.
对不起。
That’s all it said. Sorry, he sighed. Sorry for what? He would have liked a better explanation, but it seems that was all he was going to get. A glitter caught his eye. Upon closer examination, he saw it lying among the pebbles. He plunged his hand into the fish bowl, and fished it out, startling the poor fish. In his hand laid the ring.
“Will!” He heard Andrew call out his name, drawing him back into reality. Turning around, he saw both Andrew and Ethan there with someone he did not know. Andrew thanked her for the ride as she turned to leave.
“She’s gone,” he heard himself say.
“Find her!” Andrew had a look of determination on his face. “She left the party not that long ago. She couldn’t have gone that far.”
Ethan picked the keys up from the floor and twirled it around his finger. “Come on! I’ll drive!”
The apartment was completely bare, stripped, wiped out, save for a single table lamp, set in the corner. Under it was a fish bowl, containing a single fish. Lonely, he thought, like him. He dropped his keys, and walked up to the bowl, kneeling down in front of it.
That night was still fresh in his mind. They were walking down the aisle, surveying the fish tanks that lined the wall, when he proposed they get a fish together. He could still remember her smile, the sound of her laughter when he said that. He had chosen this one, jokingly saying that it had her eyes and his looks, and that they kept it under that table lamp she had. Li-en punched him playfully, for calling her a fish, her ring glittered under the light.
“Yup. You’re a fish. I’m a fish. It’ll be our baby!” He stole a kiss on her cheek. There it was, swimming. He tore off the piece of paper that had been stuck onto the bowl.
对不起。
That’s all it said. Sorry, he sighed. Sorry for what? He would have liked a better explanation, but it seems that was all he was going to get. A glitter caught his eye. Upon closer examination, he saw it lying among the pebbles. He plunged his hand into the fish bowl, and fished it out, startling the poor fish. In his hand laid the ring.
“Will!” He heard Andrew call out his name, drawing him back into reality. Turning around, he saw both Andrew and Ethan there with someone he did not know. Andrew thanked her for the ride as she turned to leave.
“She’s gone,” he heard himself say.
“Find her!” Andrew had a look of determination on his face. “She left the party not that long ago. She couldn’t have gone that far.”
Ethan picked the keys up from the floor and twirled it around his finger. “Come on! I’ll drive!”
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