Hehe, my English assignment is now completed. Thanks for the ideas from group members, Kok Ken, Shy Hau, Wilson, Alan and Seng Why. Then, specially thanks Mee Juen as she requests below. Haha.
“May time be halted, for now and ever? May dream come true, in moment and future?” taking a walk and humming a song along the river bank, together with my son, Rae. It was an opportunity that did not come very often as both of us now were walking side by side. He managed to find some time paying a visit to elders in hometown even he was busily occupied.
“Dad, why are you always humming the same song? I had been listened to it since I was a kid,” asked Rae with a slight tease. I was conscious in sudden, standing still at same position. Then, I raised my head and looked to the sky.
“Rae my dear son, there is a secret that I had kept in my heart for many years. I think now is the right time to pour it out,” I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. The glow of the setting sun passed through my eyes and entered my mind, where the true memories lied, and where ‘she’ would always remain. I reflected back to the times we shared, the love we embraced and the frustration we endured.
I was once involved with underworld. It was 40 years ago when I was at the age of Rae. I did everything as ordered for instance, smuggling, gambling, stealing and illegally selling activities. I fought with the organization sworn enemies and did underground businesses. Within few years, I had gradually become an influential and trustworthy assistant in the organization. However, this led to the jealousy of Wolfe, another man of hour in organization.
The development of matter corresponded fully to my expectations. There was a conflict occurred between our men. Wolfe’s men were defeated after coming to blows. This provoked Wolfe to anger and he promised himself to revenge on that incident.
One night, there was an engage in gang fight. Something arose suddenly where we were besieged by the cops. In spite of being arrested, I was the only one who had fled from the capture. It was Wolfe who reported the cops about the gang fight. Later, he seized the chance of slandering me that I was the spy of cops. He sent his men to pursue and attack me. Unfortunately, I was slashed in mid of pursuit. I put up a final struggle with the serious injury for a bare subsistence. My vision grew fuzzy until I saw a figure in front of me. At last, I swooned in pain.
“Am I alive?” I tried to open my eyes and wonder around. A sharp fits of pain came from the wound.
“Don’t move, Jevons!” ordered someone with a familiar voice. I turned over my head involuntarily.
“Evelyn?” I was hesitated for a moment. Evelyn was a weak and small girl when we were in secondary, some guys always bullied and made fun of her. I was always trying to protect her even finally I was just treated as a sandbag. I told myself that I must not show weakness in face of violence until I was dragged in underworld.
My wound soon recovered using a traditional herbal medicine, Yunnan Baiyao. Upon the period of time, I helped at Evelyn’s fruit stall. From the day onwards, we spent every moment together creating memories, sharing the deepest and most intimate thoughts. As for the first light candle dinner, we laughed and joked. We sat in the park singing and talking scribbles to the stars. There were no fights, no moody silences, no choirs, and no fireworks whilst I felt like nothing existed in the world but her. I knew I was with someone special, kind, loving, besotted that I never felt so close to. I found a new outlook in my life and determined to quit from the organization. But why won’t it last forever?
One day, Wolfe appeared with arms at stall. He released a shot towards me and escaped in crowd hurriedly. However, Evelyn blocked the shot.
“Why did you do this?” I caught her body while tears instantly came to my eyes.
“Jevons, I just not willing to see you die,” smiled Evelyn with her last breathe. Tears fall down to my red cheeks as the cold wind blows against my face, leaving the agony and tear stains.
After the death of Evelyn, I surrendered myself, divulging the evidence of organization. I was soon released after serving a sentence.
“I began with a new life, then I met your mum where I could see ‘her’ shadow through her soul,” Rae and I walked into the wooden house. Jeveline was waiting for us at dining room.
