Let's Get Married

After Rex reaches the second floor, he does not go to the master bedroom. Instead, he walks straight to Adair’s room.

The door opens. Adair and Fanny are sitting on the carpet beside the bed, playing Lego. The child just returned from school, not even changing his school uniform. Seeing Rex, the boy happily stands up and runs towards him. “Dad!”

Rex’s legs are tightly hugged by a pair of small hands. Rex cannot help but feel the force of intimacy and his eyes turn red. He winks at Fanny, who understands and walks out of the room with a nod, not forgetting to close the door.

“Dad, why didn’t you pick me up this afternoon?” Adair raises his head and blinks, looking innocent.

Rex squats down halfway and looks at him. Although Adair is still at a tender age, he looks like his dad a lot, and a little like his mother. Gazing at him, Rex thinks of the fact that he will not be able to see his son in half a year, feeling grieved.

“Dad, why aren’t you talking?” Adair is a little confused by his father’s action.

Rex is even more distressed when he hears the boy call him dad. He hasn’t picked him up from school or held a party for him and his little friends, nor has he heard enough of him calling him dad. He has so much love left to give, but it is too late. To keep Adair from his harm, he has to leave.

“Adair, do you miss dad?” The man’s voice is deep and hoarse as he asks this question.

Although Adair does not understand why his father asked that, he still nods and says honestly, “Yes.”

Rex almost can’t stand it. He looks away and picks up a piece of Lego, asking, “Do you like this? What about other toys?”

“I like cars! Uncle Ryan has bought me quite a lot of them….” Adair shows off his toys one by one. He does not understand the adults’ intentions, but he is happy just to think of those toys.

Rex memorizes the names of the toys, so that he can send some as gifts when he is away.

Seeing how happy the boy is, Rex tries his best to force a sentence, “Adair, Dad is going on a long business trip, and might not come back for a while. Listen to Mom at home. I will bring you a lot of fun toys when I come back, okay?”

Adair doesn’t know what a business trip is, but he feels that his father will be away for a long time, so he puts on a long face. “Dad, for how long?”

than the other ones. I’ll let you know before I come back.” As he says that, he thinks of

what will

and sensitive. As if sensing his emotions,

man is stunned. He looks down at the small, soft hand that can only hold a few fingers

by blood. Such a small action

from his nose toward his forehead. The Lego in front of him

“Dad?”

be sliced by the bitterness he endures as he forces every word, “I’m going

sensing light above his head lights up. Looking at the sorry face in the mirror, he almost doesn’t recognize

an

leave them temporarily because of his illness. He wants to protect this family and prevent them from being

cowards the most in your life, but you have to be one

and tears falls down his cheeks. He can’t stand upright, as if a rock is on his shoulders. Giant teardrops smashed onto the pool like beads that fall off a pearl necklace. His body trembles slightly, and his jawbones stick out because he clenches his teeth too hard. He cannot utter a

dark, but he seems to have been devoured

his body. Depression, anger, and sorrow all turn into this suffocating

half. Like his life that can’t touch

a bright future awaits, or perhaps Purgatory. He can’t

run dry, itching his eye corners. Looking

he will never leave Lily again. If he fails, he can’t have her give up her life just to take care of him. He has to make sure she and Adair can live a content

…

downstairs. She calls Karl to tell him what has happened. Not long after the call was hung up, Rex walks down from upstairs. Karl is probably looking for him.

as the man walks towards her step by step. He carries a black paper bag which is

in front of her after a few strides, uttering

She smiles and laughs self-mockingly, “Still