A Moment in Destiny

“William, she won’t get well in a short amount of time and you also can’t be too selfish, can you? I can’t stand the long wait. I have to forget you and start my life again!” Sherry said, “Do you think she will get better in a year or two? How long do I have to wait? Your father will never agree. I can’t have Sammy, can’t have you, all that I have left is torment. The only thing I can do for you is let go of your hand and let you take care of her. If I wait any longer, I am afraid I will become like her, I might lose my mind too. Don’t let me become extreme, okay?”

He sighed pensively, “But… I can’t live without you!”

His expressions were very painful. After a long time, he added, “Sherry, why are you trying to be so strong at such a time? Why can’t you be a little selfish? You know if you tell me to not take care of her, I will not take care of her, right?”

“But you have already decided!”

“Have I?” He asked.

She smiled. Crystal clear tears slid down her cheek, making them wet. He held her face and kissed both her cheeks.

“William, you are so stupid! You lost me! You actually chose a patient! You’d rather choose a patient over me! But I am proud and gratified that the man I fell in love with is not so cold-blooded.”

His heart hurt even more, like a knife cut through it. His tears fell, and he took a deep breath, swallowing them.

Sherry’s big eyes met his deep ones, “When you kissed me desperately and said that you will marry me, I already knew it that you can’t ignore her and have to take care of her endlessly. You are the only person she knows. I think she must love you to her core which is why she only remembers you. She has nothing else! William, you are the most important person that she can rely on. You are the strength and sources which could possibly make her get better.”

“Sherry, how can you know me so well and see through me so well?” He whispered hugging her tightly, as if to blend her into his own body.

“The sympathy and guilt that you feel for her has overtaken us all, including your guilt towards your father, towards Sammy and me. Just because she is a patient and we are all healthy. William… I know you have no other choice!” Sherry pushed him away and took a deep breath.

“Don’t worry about me. I still have Sammy and Dan, I am only twenty-three years old, still beautiful and youthful. Even if I can’t stand the loneliness a few years later, I can find a man to marry. I can still live a happy life because I am healthy. She has nothing, can’t even have children, so I have way more than her! But I am still jealous of her because she got you concerned for her! William let me tell you, if she was healthy, I would never let you go. I’m afraid I would never let go of your hand even for my son but…”

She placed the ring in his hand and held his hand tightly, “This is the last time I hold you, the last time I have you! From now on, I will learn to be very selfish, I will fall in love and find a man to marry. Don’t worry about me!”

“Sherry, listen to me. Go live in No. 15 Villa! You take Dan with you and live there!” He growled deeply, not knowing how to make it up to her.

“Okay, then it’s mine!” She agreed, just wanting to reassure him, “I want that villa and I want that bankbook, too.”

“Sherry!” He called her name in a hoarse voice. He was never going to fall in love again because there was no woman greater than her.

“Okay, I should go now. William, I should go!” Sherry smiled, standing on her tip-toes to kiss his lips, telling herself that it was the last time.

“Take care of her with peace of mind! You can do it!” She smiled. Tears swirled in her eyes, rolling down her cheeks.

Then she turned around, “Good bye, William! Don’t come to meet me again!”

her hand, pulling her into his arms, “Sherry, don’t be

with both his hands and kissed her eyes,

intertwined

pressed her head against his

I

will be fine! Just like when I lost Sammy and Luke, I thought the sky

stupefied at her words, feeling shocked and bewildered, “Sherry, you know what

are Lucille’s happiness. Even if you hold my hand and I hold your hand, will we be able to find happiness? Will you have no guilt for the rest of your life? William, if you didn’t have a guilty conscience then why

held her hand, but

the driver to take him to the airport and forgot that she

didn’t know what to say except

don’t want your apology. I know that you were too anxious, which also showed that your guilt is too deep.

tightly. She stretched out her hand and then separated the fingers one by

becoming empty, William felt as if the air was painful. Even breathing was so painful that his heart

at her worriedly. He had heard some

Her face looked like a sun

Ms. Mclean! Perhaps getting married will

whispered behind

is worried about is that you never married her. Maybe marriage is better than

around and showed a beautiful and bright smile to both

the door as

his hands clenched on his sides. Did he finally

William and then chased after her

However, she had disappeared.

ran or where she came to. It seemed to be a public square. She was sweaty as if she had been running

she was too tired to make a sound. She sat

him! Or maybe she never had him! But she did not regret it. The

Lucille and help her recover,

took out her phone and found his

longingly again and again. Then she finally pressed the delete

disappeared, suddenly her heart hurt a lot. The tears ran down her cheeks, wetting the ground besides her feet. Sherry could not help

deleted the contact number, but how can the memories

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