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

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

I will

"Anything?"

thuds. He adds,

am sorry. I only have one request.

he worries most. Now, his fears

now. And I know the Charles Family owes too much to your

Fine. Just go. Leave me

hand. Blood seeps out at once.

I want

Why can’t you just let go of your obsession? I don’t love you. Will you really be happy marrying

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

up suddenly,

to marry me, I won’t be happy. As you said, I have lost my hope for life. I cannot

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

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 life with someone you

being so extreme? You really think I dare not

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

"Mia."

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

"Did it hurt?"

"No. Compared

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

you. I did not give it much thought. I just did naturally. If a car rush toward you and Karin, I am sure you will do what

fulfill my happiness. Instead, you

When you broke off the engagement with 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. Then I would live happily to the end. But now? I am paralyzed. Nobody will love me. I lose my basic ability to take care of myself. I don’t even dare to look at my body. Every time I see it,

does not hurt my heart to see you like this? You lose the ability of self-living. I

what you think. You don’t need that.

crazy and insane for ten years. Even I become a disabled. You ruined the first