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?"

am not

heavy. They both remain silent for a while. A few moments later, Troy hears Mia asking, "Will you take care of

"Yes. I will do

"Anything?"

thuds. He adds,

am sorry. I only have one

he worries most. Now, his

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

Fine. Just go. Leave

yanks off the infusion tube in her hand. Blood seeps out at once. Troy stops her, asking

I want to end

down. Why can’t you just let go of your obsession? I don’t love

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, then I will not accept any help from you. Whether I live or die, it's none of your

stands up suddenly,

to marry me, I won’t be happy. As you said, I have lost my hope for life. I cannot live like a normal person. Love and marriage just

do you still try to make it hard for me? Marriage is not a

leave now. If you leave, you do not need to

really think I dare

deciding to leave. He takes a few steps but

"Mia."

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

"Did it hurt?"

with tears, "No. Compared with the wounds in my heart,

closes his eyes and then shouts at her, "Why did you push me away? If I knew this would happen, I would rather be the one hit by the car. I don't need you to sacrifice yourself to save me and

it much thought. I just did naturally. If a car rush toward you and

my happiness. Instead, you are forcing me

me, grudged as 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.

your pain. Do you think it does not hurt my heart to see you like this? You lose the ability of self-living. I can

don’t need that. But I

of your family. My mother now lives in the convalescent hospital, crazy and insane 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 for a marriage. Is