"I do not want radiotherapy or chemotherapy, they will only make me go through pain when I can just die at nature's dictated time," I blurted. "No," dad argued. "I have made my decision and you are not changing it this time. I cannot be healed so why go through all the stress," I said.
"I want to go home," I said. "If you want me to at least listen to your plans, then I must go home," I guess death was the only thing strong enough to push me into making such demands. Dad was going to refuse but mom stopped him. I got discharged with a lot of drugs and endless appointments for when I was going to start chemotherapy."So you will follow the doctor's instructions," dad said immediately after we got into the house."You know I should be given a chance to decide my life, I have been protected and you have decided everything I did since I was a baby, let me do something for myself for the first time in my life. You guys have had 22 years of my life, let me have this one year," I pleaded. Mom's eyes were already red and I could tell she wanted to continue crying, no I will not let her push me into agreeing to what they wanted this time."You have more than a year, my love, with chemotherapy and all the treatments, you can survive, people have fought cancer, and you will not be the first, we will be by your side," mom pleaded, she came close to me and held my face, she was crying, I have never seen my mom cry so hard but they are not listening. I pulled away from mom's hands and looked at my dad.He stood in the corner looking away from the whole commotion, mom was crying louder and I could no longer hold mine, I let them fall as I walked away from my mom towards my dad. "Father are you even listening to me, are you people listening to me?" I asked dad, he turned to look at my mom and gave her a stern look. "You have to stop all this nonsense Mei Xing, you need to focus on your treatment and if you want to have this freedom you seek, I will find you a husband," dad said and left the room.Hell no, I did not just have an argument with my parents to end up with my dad picking a husband for me, what does having a husband have to do with anything? "If you didn't want me you should have aborted me and waited for the perfect son you and your husband so desired," I yelled and left the room.I got into my car and drove off. I sighed and parked the car. What have I done? I do not know how to drive a car, I do not have a driver's license, and the last time I threw a tantrum I was five, I screamed and kicked the tires of the car.I sighed and got back into the car, I grabbed my phone and called my driver. "Miss Xiao Ming, where are you? Your Father will have my head if he finds out you left without me" he said in a panicking voice. "I know I am sorry, I was angry and needed fresh air. I am not too far from the gate, please find me without alerting anyone," I pleaded. "I do not want to lose my job," he said. I sighed and locked the door.The tapping sound on my window scared the hell out of me, I turned and saw my driver. I don't think I have ever been so happy to see my driver, I moved to the back seat and opened the door to let him in. "Where to ma'am?" he asked. "Anywhere but home'" I said and let him drive me into the city.The city was my escape, I loved how there were a lot of people and no one cared about me. "Thank you," I murmured, he nodded and slowed down."Look dude you can't fire me, I need the job," someone yelled, I looked out the window and told my driver to slow down. I was fascinated by the young man. "I will be back," I said to my driver and got out of the car before he could protest. "Hey," I said to the man after tapping him. He turned to me looking angry, "Didn't mom teach you how to talk to strangers," he said and started walking away from me. Mom, my mom, and dad were conniving to get me married cause I was about to die and he thinks he can talk about manners.I followed the stranger and said the most stupid thing I have ever said in my life. "Marry me?" I said. He looked at me and started laughing, "You want me to marry you?" he asked me and I nodded, I already started this, but I have to go with it. "You don't even know my name," he said. "we can talk about that later, I will pay you a hundred thousand dollars if you do," I said. "That desperate?" he asked me. "You need the money," I said referring to the job he just lost. I handed him my business card and urged him to think about it.Turning around I was met with the realization, I just asked a random stranger to be my husband, I do not know his name. I turned around but he was already gone. I guess I do not have to worry about it anymore, he probably thinks I am psycho and will not want to end up with me. What was I thinking? I wasn't thinking. I walked to my car and ordered the driver to take me back home."My dad must not know that I went into the city without his permission or that I spoke to a stranger or you lose your job and I get grounded for the rest of my life," I said and laughed at my stupid threat. I was only going to be alive for a year or less. "Yes ma'am," he said and smiled. "You drove me to the woods," I said and walked into the house.My mom was pacing around the living room while my dad was staring at the door waiting for the next person to come in and unlucky I just had to be that person. "Young woman where have you been?" he asked me. "I am not ten you know," I said and folded my hands. "You are my daughter and you will respect my rules as long as you still leave under my room and have no man to call your husband," my dad said and that really upset me and words I was sure off came spilling out of my mouth"I AM GETTING MARRIED…I am getting married," I yelled and closed my mouth immediately, how did I let that slip. He hasn't even called me. I don't even know if he has accepted the proposal or not but here I am blabbing and telling my parents about the so called marriage to a strange man, who could be a serial killer or a murderer, maybe one of my parent's enemies."Xiao Ming," my mom called and I snapped out of whatever was going on in my head. "Yes mom," I answered. "What did you just say?" Dad asked. I took three quick breathes and turned to him. "Yes dad," I whined. "I did not approve of any man…" I cut him off before he could finish, I didn't want him asking me question even I do not know the answer to. "Yes dad, you do not know him because I did this for myself and I picked a husband who loves me and not someone who is after my family business, I do not want a gold digging, back stabber. I am going to die soon so might as well as make decisions for myself in the next 365 days. It won't kill you no
Patience isn't easy when you need something done immediately, I stared at my phone patiently waiting for my phone to come on, it was taking forever. I stared at it waiting but nothing was happening. My patience was being stretched thin, I never wanted anything as much as I wanted my phone to come on, I realized my phone wasn't connected and all this while it wasn't charging. Life was making a deliberate mockery of me. I watched as my screen lit up slowly as it turned on. One minute felt like forever. I stared anxiously at my screen as it finally lit up displaying my wallpaper. I haven't appreciated the default wallpaper as much as I should have, I inputted my password and was about to call the number when mom walked into the room. I turned my phone off and turned to look at mom, everything had to pause until she left the room, my parents can't know that I was going to be getting married to a complete stranger. It sounded stupid to me too but it was the only way to achieve my dreams
I should get a new name, maybe bad luck because I don't understand why nothing was going well, first I get stage three cancer, isn't that good news. And now the one thing I need to complete my stupid plans won't even pick up the phone. It was a phone, all you had to do was swipe and listen to the crap I was saying. "There is lunch downstairs, you don't have to eat all your nails," my mom said and that scared me. How long has she standing by the door?“Hello," a strange voice murmured and I had to quickly end the call. "Lunch?" Mom asked and I nodded. I do not want to eat, I want to stay here and talk a stranger into marrying me. Standing up I watched my phone ring, I turned to look at mom and then my phone, I couldn't answer the phone and talk with with mom in the same room as me. I groaned and followed her downstairs. "Àmà" I whined as she dragged me downstairs. I could walk around erfectly there was no need for the rush. "Your dad is waiting and the food will get cold," she cauti
"Beep, beep, beep," I looked up at my reflection, I could see the sadness laced in my movements. "Hello," I heard a voice and I smiled happily. "Hello, this is Mei Xing," I said. "I was calling to book an appointment at the Lin firm but I changed my mind but you kept calling, I promise there is no issue," the person said hurriedly and ended the call. I stared at my blank cell phone, I just wasted my time, it wasn't even the stranger. He probably doesn't want to marry me. Why would he marry me? What am I, Cinderella? Fall in love, be a princess and live happily ever after? Defeated I went back to my room, this was not what I pictured, I pictured a perfect ending, one with me and the stranger. That was so stupid, I sounded right earlier but now the stupidity of my plan glared at me. I laid in my bed, staring at the ceiling, it was so white and so out of reach. I couldn't even leave a normal life and the one thing I wanted, I can't get it. Life just hated me, I never did anything. I
The gut feeling of being watched overwhelmed me, I looked up and saw two pairs of eyes staring at me, I got awkward and fled the building after paying for my meal. "Min Jun," I called out to the stranger. He looked at me and began to walk away again.I quickly stood up and chased after him. "Hey," I called out to him. He continued to ignore me and kept walking away. "Hey," I yelled and ran after him, I grabbed his hand and he turned to look at me. "What!" He yelled. His voice attracted people, they turned to look at us and I got shy. I hid my head avoiding their gazes, I didn't want anyone to recognize me. Min Jun dragged me into a flower store away from the questioning eyes. "What do you want?" He asked me. "You never called me, I just wanted to know if you wanted to be with me or not," I said. While I blurted out my thoughts, I stared at my hands and admired them to ignore his eyes."Be with you?" He asked, I nodded still staring at my hand. "Didn't know you were that desperate to
Rebelling was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Every time I looked at my driver, he seemed to want to drive me back home but I wasn't ready to leave, dad gave me an hour but I can be out here for as I want to be. "Miss your dad is worried," my driver informed me. "Don't worry about him, he'll get over it," I said alright I knew that wasn't true. Dad never gets over anything, he was always so serious. "I may lose my job miss," the driver said and I nodded. "We can leave now," I said and got into the car. I didn't want him to lose his job because of me and I didn't want to get another driver, he has been my driver for as long as I can remember and he understands me. I wouldn't want him to lose his job and make dad get me another driver who'll always report my affairs to dad. As I stood facing the front door, my heart kept beating fast, was I ready to face dad after ignoring his calls all day and coming home later than I was meant to? I raised my hands to pull the door open bu
He looked at me and I should have known what his answer was going to be. He was my dad, he was impossible and never changed his mind. Why was I sad that he said no? He does this all the time, he always wanted to be in control of my life, well not anymore because from now on I was going to determine how my life was going to go. I stared at my phone waiting for Min Jun to call me. Maybe I made a mistake, I never should have given him my business card, I should have gotten his number and reached out to him on my own. But that would be desperate and I didn't want to look desperate although I really am. I took a deep breath and kept waiting for my phone to ring, a new number to flash across the screen, something, anything. No one ever called me so I knew immediately it rang, it had to be Min Jun. But there was nothing, not a mistake dial. An error or a prank call nothing. Should I have offered more money, if he didn't take a hundred thousand, how was I sure he was willing to be trapped
I stared at my blank phone and wondered if he would pick up the call if I called him again. I was going to try to talk to him this tie and not panic. I took a deep breath and dialled his number. It kept ringing but he wasn't picking up. I can't blame him for not wanting to pick up the call after I called him twice and didn't say anything. He was clearly not as desperate as I was. He didn't need me to marry him but I needed to marry him and I needed to do it soon.My second appointment with the doctors were coming soon and although I don't plan on ever going to any of the appointments, I needed to make sure my parents accepted him with no questions asked. "I guess I can wait a while you think," I heard a familiar voice and immediately snapped me out of my thoughts. I stared at my screen unable to form words and making sure I didn't end the call. "I guess you are still thinking," he said again and I smiled.Why was I smiling? He couldn't see me smile. "I guess I will have to call you ag