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Vincent Chan

3-26-2010

Ann and I were married with the arrangement by both parents; our main goal is to get along with each other and be happy the rest of our lives.

One day, morning, as Ann tries to pack our daughter’s lunch, she realized that our refrigerator is as empty as “   ” And she didn’t know what to do so she handed her daughter 8 dollars for lunch. Ann isn’t happy, she doesn’t like to see her daughter eating junk food that’s not from home, but she wasn’t the only one that’s unhappy.

“What the FUCK is this piece of SHIT you handed me yesterday!?” A bold red faced old man wearing a tag saying “Boss: Ward” Bluffed at my face. “You know what Vincent. I’m fucking sick and tired of your lame stories and I don’t want to wait any longer. Pack your stuff up and you’re fired!” He turned away from me so that I can only see the back of the chair and his light reflecting bold head. I close his door slowly. While saying good bye to everyone and hearing nonsense like “I’ll miss you” I soon got back to my seat and start to pack.

It didn’t take me long to pack up because I knew that this day was coming soon. I looked around the room and felt the feelings I had when I first came in here. About how this is the perfect job for me and craps from my ex-boss like “I’m hoping to see some great works from you, and I’m really happy to have you here.” Nothing changed from the first till the last day here. The plain old 75 cube meters big office stood there complain less. As the hole on the wall was still unfixed since the first day I told them. I decided to check and see how many gums I have stuck under my desk. There were 498 of them! Sticking gums under the table have always been something I couldn’t change since elementary school. I like it because it leaves signs about me being here. Once on an airplane, I found my gum under the airplane’s seat, and that made the trip more interesting as I realized that I’ve flew in this airplane and sat in the exact seat before.

As I walked out the front doors of the building, I read the sign that was up there, “Amazingpapers.com, where creativities are welcomed and people get respected.” It seemed that the news has spread faster then I couldn’t walk, as the front desk lady said “It was a pleasure to meet you Vincent. I warned you about this day to come!” I smile with a “Thank you, bye” and left. The traffic wasn’t bothering me anymore as I’m trying to kill time.

As I got home, I dragged my wife into our bedroom and told her everything that happened today. At first she was surprised by my early return from work, but when she finished listening, she said this in a very clam tone, “You know that without any money, there isn’t going to be any marriage between us right? I’m sorry.” She turned and left the room leaving me in the dark alone.

It’s scary, and the darkness is driving me nervous. I can feel my blood rushing up to my brain like worms crawling in my body. I sat there hopelessly and I lost the reason to survive! I want to escape from all of this. I want to leave this world and stay with my parents, where there might be happiness.

Suddenly, I heard people whispering behind the door. It was my wife, or I should say my ex-wife talking to her daughter. She said “Daddy needs help, let’s go in there and give him a big huge ok?” I’m confused. My brain tangled up like a wrestling match. I thought “Didn’t she just wanted a divorce?” “Am I imagining this? What the fuck is wrong with me?” A second later, my ex-wife and her daughter came in and gives me a big huge. She whispered next to my ear “Honey, don’t worry. We all love you and we will support you forever.” Then my daughter said “Daddy, I love you too!” I burst into tears, with a tangled up smile, I kept on holding them tighter and tighter as I realized how important they are to me and how much I need them. Like a sinned man being rescued by God, I felt tired and fooled, but I soon fell asleep listening to my wife asking my daughter to go to bed.

“Beep! Beep! Beep!” As the alarm clock went off I know it was time for work. Wait. I don’t have a job to work for. I stood there with my brain nearly blank and stared at the room. “Tick! Tick! Tick!” As the clocks’ sound filled up the emptiness of the air in the room I realized that I was still dressed in coat and tie. I realized the mess in the room. Then I stared at Vincent Van go’s drawing. “What made him cut his ear off?” I wondered ‘Was “Not drawing it well” the only reason?”

My wife woke up and she faced me with a smile. I haven’t seen her smile in a very long time. I used to go to work early and come back really late. So I took a closely look at it. With the white early morning sunshine reflecting the pearl like white face and the most natural smile ever created by a human being, I kiss her and sigh, “I don’t have anything to do now.” “Shu” As she stops my mouth with a soft touch of her finger she said, “Do you know how happy I am right now? Now, you finally have the time to spend with me and I’ve been looking forward to this for so long~” A wonderful spark shined right after “long”. We tangled up like snakes dancing and beautifully, we made love. [Continued]