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

between them is a little bit heavy. They both remain silent for a while. A few moments later, Troy hears Mia

I will

"Anything?"

heart thuds. He adds, "Expect

one request. I want

what he worries most. Now, his fears

am really sorry for the situation now. And I know the Charles Family owes too much to your family. But forgive me.

Fine. Just go. Leave me

out at once. Troy

what I am doing. I want to end this

just let go of your obsession? I don’t love you. Will you

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,

up suddenly, "Are you forcing

I have lost my hope for life. I cannot live like

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

leave now. If you leave, you do not need to come here again, and I will no longer be

being so extreme? You really think I

takes a deep breath and turns around, deciding to leave. He takes a few steps

"Mia."

strides forward to pick her up. For the first time, he sees her wounds. Blood oozes from the thick gauze. The wounds in her lower thigh are

"Did it hurt?"

tears, "No. Compared with the wounds in

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

that because I love 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

you should fulfill my happiness. Instead, you are forcing

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

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 help that. But

just what you think. You don’t

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.