Capture Your Heart

"Okay."

Mia’s dull eyes move to the ceiling. She asks, "Can you hold me up?"

Troy is a little bit hesitant. Mia smiles, "It’s fine. I can sit. Just hold me up."

Troy reaches out and gently picks her up. He tries not to look at the lower part of her thighs.

"Do I look ugly now? Like a monster?"

"No."

"Don’t lie to me. I know I am no different than a monster now even if you don’t tell me."

"Mia."

Troy rebukes, "Don’t be pessimistic."

"Then what else can I do? I lost my legs. And now you are asking me to tell myself that it does not matter as long as I am still alive?"

Troy remains silent. Mia continues sorrowfully, "Maybe for everyone, life always has some highlights. But for me, it is just like death, no difference."

"I know you feel sad. I am much sadder than you. I don’t want you to experience the suffering at all."

"You want me safe and sound only because you don’t want me to become your burden again."

"Things have already happened. Just leave them there. Don’t think too much. I have told Robert to buy the best artificial limb for you. You can stand up again as long as you have confidence."

"I don’t have that kind of thing."

Mia glares at Troy hopelessly, "It’s just fake in the end. I cannot come back to my formal life forever. My life is meaningless now."

"How? Stephen Hawking could make him life meaningful. Why could not you?"

I am

atmosphere between them is a little bit heavy. They both remain silent for a while. A few

will do

"Anything?"

thuds. He adds, "Expect

one request. I want

This is what he worries most. Now, his fears come

Charles Family owes too much to your family. But forgive me. I cannot satisfy you

Just go.

in her hand. Blood seeps out at once. Troy

know what I am doing. I want to end

of your obsession? I don’t love you. Will you really be happy marrying

marry me so that I can have something to live for. I just want something to rely on. You only have two choices. One is marring me, the other is refusing me. If you agree, I will live for you. If you refuse,

stands up suddenly, "Are

won’t be happy. As you said, I have lost my hope for life. I cannot live like a

try to make it hard for me? Marriage is not a child’s

not saying you must agree. You can just give me up and leave now. If you leave, you do not need to come here again, and I will no longer be a burden to you. You can live a happy

so extreme? You really

deep breath and turns around, deciding to leave. He takes a few steps but is stopped by a loud sound. Mia falls

"Mia."

wounds. Blood oozes from the thick gauze. The wounds in her lower thigh are ghastly

"Did it hurt?"

with tears, "No. Compared with the

away? If I knew this would happen, I would rather be the one hit by the car. I don't need you to

I love you. I did not give it much thought. I just did naturally. If a car rush toward

happiness.

I was, I did not lose the hope for life because I was still young and beautiful. I believed that someday I would meet someone who loves me truly. Then he could break up the resentment in my heart and replace you. Then I would live happily to the end.

hurt my heart to see you like this? You

You don’t need

for ten years. Even I become a disabled. You ruined the first half of my life, and now you ruin the second half of my life. My whole life is destroyed by your family. I just ask