He never calls back when he went to have dinner or hang out with his friends. She had told him thousand of times that she doesn't care about where he goes and when he will be back, she just needed to know he is home late or early....
"Because Ron will ask, son of bitch!" Carol didn't say it but it was the pharse in her mind when she stared at her cell phone...
"Mama, where is daddy?" Ron is busy playing his stuff and asked with his shining eyes...
"Daddy is overtime working in his company." Carol smiles back and goes to the kitchen continuing preparing the dinner. The dinner that never includes Richard's meal, she taught Ron very well that he becomes a smart and polite little gentleman, wherever there is him, there is happiness.
Carol put the dinner right on the dinning table, and continues to do her revision for the tight examinations of the night courses...
She cannot bear the whole family expenses for the time being, but she is so sured that she will make it someday, she will get Ron to the best schools, and the best living, make sure he had a great childhood...
That's why she keeps where they are and everything constant, even it is painful.
She gets up for her son everyday.
Until she met Bosco...
Bosco is a young operating manager in a factory located in the same building as Carol's company, they met in one of the night courses Carol joined, they are teammates of group discussion practising.
"I think dealing with the LC procedures should be a service provided by the financial institutions, business had no volunteers to follow up the inside procedures of banks after paying the extreme high charges and interests to banks..." Carol said during the discussion time and everyone was staring at her with an unbelievable eyesight...
"I think she is totally right, that is exactly what I wanted to say about the banking services in HK." Bosco agreed and said loudly to show his support.
Then they became the best trusted friends to one another.
Bosco is her only real friend, someone she can talk to without hiding things...
But Bosco had a lot more than that, he had a happy childhood, above-averaged family background, and a lot of friends and great career.
That is something Carol cannot chase for, despites Bosco has been saying that he would be the man standing besides her if she wants...
Carol had made up her mind that she will not bring Bosco into this, she wants him happy, just watch him happy can get her more energy, another reason she gets up everyday...
Soon, they became estranged when Bosco's office moved to the building nearby, they aren't working in the same building anymore...Their only thing in common disappeared.
One day Carol came accross Bosco in the coffee shop nearby their offices.
"I am getting married next month, would you like to come for me?" Bosco said and look at Carol.
"Oh...I am not sure because I am busy all the days, but I will see if I can come, congraduations!" Carol said and refrained from tearing.
"Thanks!" Bosco said and left the cards to her.
If Carol was not married, or they met each other earlier before Ron was born, things will be different.
"Whatever, I will find someone I loved someday..." Carol believed.
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A girl get in the bus and go home for his little boy, there are lots of things to do tonight.
Dinners for Ron, revisions for the exams, and preparations for the other working day.
She sometimes observed Bosco in Facebook, and found satisfaction when he found his new live pictures.
Sometimes she saw Bosco's status that he always avoids his wife and sleep in his friends place, she gave it a sigh but never go further investigate him...
And one day, Bosco sent her a message: " I should not marry to my wife, what I want was you, I couldn't believe you have no reaction at all after hearing my marriage, I thought you would stop me..."
"Time to grow up, buddy, we're all responsible for our own life."
Yes, we are. When it is time to stop the joke, do it.
(The end.)
Thanks for listening.
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