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

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

I will do anything

"Anything?"

He adds, "Expect for

am sorry. I only have one

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

know the Charles Family owes too much to

Fine. Just go.

out at once. Troy stops her,

I want to end this painful

don’t love you. Will you really be happy marrying someone who

woke up, I have known I am denied the way to happiness because I am a monster now. I ask you to 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, then I will not accept any help from you. Whether I

suddenly, "Are

lost my hope for life. I

you still try to make it hard for me? Marriage is not a child’s play. If I marry you,

you must agree. You can just give me up and leave now. If you leave, you do not need to come here

so extreme? You really

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

"Mia."

her up. For the first time, he sees her wounds. Blood

"Did it hurt?"

sneers with tears, "No. Compared with the wounds

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 then torture

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

should fulfill my happiness.

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. But now? I am paralyzed. Nobody will love me.

heart to see you like this? You lose the ability of self-living. I can help that. But it does not

You don’t need that.

You ruined the first half of my