The Charismatic Charlie Wade

Deana laughed, “Where was your dream?”

Zara smiled and said: “In my dream, it seemed to be by the river where I liked to fly kites when I was a kid.”

Zara continued, “It was a strange dream, it seemed like the kind I had as a little girl, but I really didn’t mind it.”

Deana nodded: “What’s weird about this is that as the dreamer, you’re heavily invested in these kinds of violent dreams, but you feel absurd when you wake up.”

She then sighed softly, “Hey…in my life, I don’t know how many ridiculous and absurd dreams I’ve had.

I dreamt that the dead were still alive, and that my life was vastly different… ”

Zara looked at Deana and saw the regret that could never be erased on her face.

She couldn’t help asking, “Mom, do you regret marrying my dad?”

Deana was astonished, but smiled bitterly and said, “If you’d asked me when I was your age, knowing that marrying the man I did would be accompanied by a lifelong unwillingness, then no, I wouldn’t marry him.

But who I was then, and who I am are not the same person.

if I regret it, I definitely

in red, she understood the

regrettable; because of herself and her

only regret was that her true

quietly said,

smiled, “Silly girl, what are

wiped away the tears from the corners of Zara’s eyes, and said seriously, “You are not

other half

of men in the world: Tall and short, fat and skinny, black and white,

only

choose the right one and

nodded repeatedly, and said

moment, the doorbell rang

“It should be the guard coming

I’ll get the door.”

that, she got up and went to the door of the room, opening it