A Moment in Destiny

He shook the key in his hands and she blushed suddenly. It turned out she seemed to have forgotten it during their passionate kiss a while ago. In helplessness, she sat on the sofa again and he crouched in front of her.

His hands held her pale face full of tears. He smiled looking at her tear stained face, but this time there was no sarcasm, no haze, just pain. “You put on makeup!”

She was stunned. She closed her eyes and took a breath.

His eyes were fixed on her. His dark eyes like deep wells that made people fall in them and be trapped forever. Those eyes were full of deep affection.

“But wasted it all while crying like a little kitten.” He said softly, his tone fond.

She stared at him in a daze unable to believe him.

Then she said angrily, “I wanted to waste it!”

Her tone was full of resentment, anger and despair. She didn’t know that she looked like a little tantrum throwing child and yet, he raise head and looked at her, “Okay, you wanted to. You can do whatever you want.”

“What are you doing here again?” She pouted, feeling quite shy because of his soft tone.

“If I don’t come back, what if the bad guys broke in tonight?” He raised his eyebrow. “Maybe someone already took the key and made a copy. They can just open the door and come in especially to harass a weak woman like you.”

“Yeah right!” Apart from him, no one was going to come to harass her.

“Sherry, don’t make me leave, okay? I am really tired!” He looked at her. Only by looking at her could he calm his heart.

His tone was pleading, causing her heart to ache.

She sniffed, wanting to cry. How could she tell him to leave when his eyes were red and he looked haggard and thin.

“Go, sleep.” She said.

“So, are you letting me stay?” his voice trembled, seemingly unable to believe it.

“You can leave after getting a good sleep.” She restrained her emotions and said lightly. Then she stood up and walked to the bathroom.

“How are you always so rational? Must you push me away?” William shouted desperately behind her.

“All I know is that you need to rest.” Sherry turned around and said in a breath, “How long have you not been resting properly?”

They stared at each other like this for a long time. William felt his heart was as desolate as a dessert in that moment, his eyes swollen and sore, as if he could not bear the weight of the world. “I don’t know!”

“Go to sleep.” She said.

to sleep.” His eyes darkened.

buried her face in the crook of her arm and began

was going to lose her mind, become desperate and hysterical. She was afraid that she was going to end up loving him even more, unable to let him

knew that it was all

was really too selfish! He was thinking if his

to think carefully about it, otherwise she was not going

suffocation swept through her body. Then she raised her head back up, the warm water slowly falling down

Lucille going to get better? Even if she got better but then found out that William didn’t love her, was she going to be triggered and become sick again? If it all came back to a

the water again, Sherry closed her eyes, trying to not think about anything. But Lucille’s

William realized that Sherry still hadn’t come out and he felt worried. He quickly walked over to the bathroom door and

steam, Sherry quietly laid in the water with her eyes closed. It was impossible to tell whether it was

distress tugging on his heart. He walked over, took the towel from the side

arms but didn’t open her eyes. She still didn’t know how to face him.

he came back. God knew that she didn’t want to

William brought Sherry to the bed. She looked like a porcelain doll in his arms. He hugged her lifeless looking body tightly and

you okay?” Still silence. William had never felt such panic before. She did not say a word, she felt like someone had plunged a

will only make me more and more greedy. I might not let you go; never let you go again to go bear your responsibility. I don’t care, what does someone else’s life or death has to do

tightly, wrapping his arms around her and stared affectionately at her pale face. She didn’t know that William’s eyes were blazing with affection at

let go. I won’t be able to let go!” Tears fell silently from her closed eyes as she curled

big hand gently stroked her cheek. She loved him. Thinking that, his

to calm her hurting heart, “You still

do,

why I can only leave…”

lips were suddenly covered by William’s soft lips, making her swallow all the words that

But he

echoed in her ears, the familiar smell of

her heart, as rippling wave after wave of

pinched her chin and lifted it slightly to

strange charm, enough to make her want to

but her expression was dazed and sleepy. What other

into a trance again. There was always another way? Always?

was too gentle

filled her eyes and

resentment, grievance, anger, despair, everything she felt in her

“Go to sleep!”

looked like if he didn’t sleep now, he

his face seemed to be immersed in a pool of water, so distant and hazy. “Okay, you too.

eyes