hi guys i'm larry originally from china
but
currently living in america well to say
that i'm living in america
isn't entirely true actually i've been
on my deathbed for many months
i have end-stage lung cancer and after a
long period of post-operative radiation
therapy
the doctors have let me go home for
almost a month now
my cancer cells have metastasized and
there are no more effective treatments
i was advised to try to enjoy the last
days of my life but
things didn't go so smoothly until the
last days of my life
i still couldn't die in peace my family
immigrated to the united states when i
was just a teenager
my parents have only one child and
they've tried to give me the best future
possible
we spent all the money we had at that
time to move to america
my parents couldn't speak any english
and they relied on me to handle all
immigration procedures i grew up with so
many expectations and responsibilities
that my parents placed on me
my mother is a person who attaches great
importance to appearance
during my adulthood she made sure to
remind me every day that i can never let
outsiders look down on my family
i must always dress well use brand stuff
and nurture dreams of owning luxury cars
we were so poor when we first got to the
us and my parents had to work hard to
send me to college to become a dentist
and i so used to being told what to do
did not resist
but followed their orders although many
nights i cried silently and blamed them
for everything
the day i completed my studies became a
certified dentist and opened my own
clinic was the happiest day of my
parents life
to me it was just the day i woke up from
one nightmare and entered an uncertain
future of trying to make as much money
as possible to repay my parents merits
gradually with the money i made for my
always busy clinic
i bought a more spacious house and
eventually the villa we're living in now
with two luxury cars
i didn't socialize with many friends and
of course i never dated anyone
but that was not a big problem because
my mother had my marriage taken care of
just like any other thing in my life the
girl i was matched with was laura
a chinese american contrary to my normal
appearance
laura has a pretty face with long sleek
black hair and a bright smile
at the first meeting i immediately liked
laura and surprisingly
she liked me very much too well by that
time my clinic was quite well known
locally already
and i had made quite a lot of money
maybe that was why an
angel like her noticed me we got married
quickly
laura gave me a daughter and a son in
just three years
she was devastated when her beauty was
affected severely after two births
and she had an uncontrolled appetite as
my work at the clinic became busier
coming home to my wife nagging about the
maid stealing things or the neighbor's
children being sent to a more luxury
international school really just made me
feel more stressed
laura went from a princess to a witch
i felt afraid of coming home so i spent
more time in the clinic
even though i had nothing to do after
hours at that time
my clinic had a very hot intern named
dorothy
i accepted her for the position with a
high salary because i was strongly
impressed by her appearance during the
first
interview the relationship between us
kept developing after every
accidental hand touch when we reached
for the clinic equipment
and especially after every time i told
my wife that i had to stay in the clinic
until late at night
well actually i went to dinner with
dorothy before going to the hotel with
her
such a scandalous story couldn't be
hidden for long i was at the height of
my career and was very proud of the fact
that an over 40 year old man like me
could date a beautiful 20 year old girl
like dorothy
i didn't take any precautions spent a
lot of money just to please my lover
without knowing when my wife was
suspicious
things only became illuminated that
night dorothy and i were about to step
into the familiar four-star hotel
when laura caught us right there my wife
had followed me closely and discovered
everything one to two weeks before
she didn't make a fuss in front of the
hotel to save me face
i was a coward not daring to stand up
for my lover
but just standing still when laura
pulled dorothy into the corner for a
while before returning alone
that was the last time i saw dorothy
because she resigned and moved out of
town the next day
as for me and my wife that night was
very long
laura cried a lot and blamed me for
everything
i felt guilty and just wished that she
could keep everything a secret between
us
because i couldn't face my children and
my parents harsh gays
the next morning laura suddenly changed
her mind
and promised me she would keep
everything a secret
of course i agreed and begged her to
forgive me
not long after that my mother passed
away from old age
my father had passed away before my mom
from a serious illness
in her last days with the little
remaining strength
my mother called me a family disgrace
for betraying my wife
she said that she would never
she said that she would never forgive me and would haunt me to make sure i would
not betray my wife again
so laura hadn't kept her promise i was
angry
but i was in no position to accuse her
of anything
after my mother's funeral i spent even
more time at work to avoid everything
our marriage was never the same after
dorothy we put on our happy masks to
impress outsiders and hide things from
our children
but in reality we didn't have much love
left
i was a bad father who was absent from
my two children's lives
and the only way i could please them was
money
despite sharing the same bed i didn't
pay much attention to laura for a long
time
then one day when i came home
unexpectedly early
i was startled to see my wife wearing a
tight dress with her hair up
showing off the slim features on her
face wow
my wife had improved her beauty and
physique significantly but i didn't
notice
at that moment i suddenly felt the need
to work harder to save our marriage
and god gave me the best reason to
receive 100 attention from her
disaster struck when i turned 50. i
found out
i had lung cancer in the early days of
discovering my illness
laura changed her attitude 180 degrees
she suddenly took good care of me and
said more loving words than ever
she also brought her friends over to
cheer me up among them
laura seemed to be especially close to
dave her barber and his wife
to be honest i didn't really like him
because he seems unreliable
i completed my will dedicating all of my
fortunes to my wife
and children the past months i had to
rely on others to take care of me
just yesterday laura said she was going
to the supermarket
and asked dave to come over to look
after me after laura had left for about
30 minutes
i was so thirsty i called for dave but
he didn't answer
i became worried wondering what that guy
was doing in my house
i decided to go to the kitchen to get
water myself
but as soon as i exited the door i was
drawn to the loud giggles from the next
room
one of which was laura's voice wondering
why she was back
but didn't come into my room to inform
me as always i leaned against the wall
to reach the door of that
to reach the door of that i heard laura screaming softly as if
i heard laura screaming softly as if
muffled
i immediately opened the door but before
my eyes was an
unbelievable sight in that room
laura and dave were doing exactly the
same things
dorothy and i did i was dumbfounded at
what was happening
and could only shout laura before
slumping to the floor
when dave saw me he panicked and
hurriedly grabbed his clothes on the
floor
but laura's attitude was unbelievable
she didn't seem scared but looked me in
the eye and smirked before saying
oh larry finally you found out
god i had to try to be so noisy as
possible for a week but couldn't catch
your attention
finally you've seen what you deserve
now understand the feeling of being
betrayed in marriage
it's just so much worse though because
you are dying
and your wife is blatantly having sex
with another man
in the house you bought as she spoke
she laughed like a mad woman everything
faded before my eyes
i didn't know whether it was because of
tears or it was my final push to the
grave
i don't want to live another day guys i
just want to die right now
please give me an advice i know i don't
deserve any forgiveness or support
but at least help my kids get out of
this circle of hatred