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“WHAT? So are you
saying that I was wrong? I don’t even know that you need that paper. I mean,
it’s just a scratch paper!”
“Can’t you look first before you
throw something away? Gosh, I’m so dead! It’s so hard to get Mr. Rob contact,
and you… you just throw it away!”
“Sorry, okay? I’m sorry! But it’s
not all my fault. Why don’t you keep it if it’s important? You put it on the
table. That’s why I think it was a trash.”
“Even if it’s so, you still need to
check it, Rose!”
“Can’t you just ask your friend
about Mr. Rob’s contact? It’s not the end of the world!”
“Yeah, but you still need to change
your behavior!”
“Jack, it’s only a small problem.
Gosh, whatever. You know what? You’ve changed. That’s it.” said Rose with a
cold expression. Without saying anything further, she left Jack, her husband,
with a lot of disappointment in his face. Blam! Rose shut the door. Nothing goes
right for the past 7 months in their 19 years of marriages. Literally, nothing.
“What are you guys doing here?” ask
Rose. She seemed very surprise to find her two children in front of the door.
“…We’re just passing by. Right?”
said Lily, the oldest daughter, and then giving a very cynical look to his
younger brother.
“Yeah.” Billy directly nodded.
“Hh…” Rose sighed. She put her hand
on her forehead. “Guys, I know exactly what you’re doing, and I think you two
don’t have to worry about what’s going on between us, okay?” she continued her
sentence.
“Mom, we just want make sure that
your relationship with dad is fine!” said Lily.
“Look, honey. We’re okay. It’s just…
things don’t go well. Please, I just don’t want to talk about this right now.”
“Billy, c’mon.” Lily urged Billy to
leave.
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“Lily, are you sure about this?”
“Yeah, I’m really sure.”
“Are they going to accept this…?”
doubt Billy.
“Of course! They have no excuse to
say no. Even if they are, we really need to persuade them to accept our special
gift. This is for OUR sake, Billy.”
Lily put the entire surprise gift
together in one heart shape envelope, and then sealed it. She crossed her
fingers, and so does Billy. They just hope that everything will go as they
predicted.
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Today is a chill Thursday morning.
Rose and Jack are having their breakfast silently. They talk, but only when
necessary like help me by passing the salt, and so on. There’s no happy
conversation like the old days. Suddenly, Lily and Billy show up.
“SURPRISE! Happy 20th
Anniversary!” said Lily and Billy together with a very huge smile. Rose and
Jack startled. They even forget that today is their 20th Anniversary
after all the things that going on.
“Honey…” Rose was going to talk, but
Lily stops her.
“Mom, dad, before you give comments,
we want to talk, and because today is your anniversary, we need you to say yes
first.”
“What is it?” ask Jack.
“Just say yes first, please.” said
Billy. Jack and Rose start to look at each other. They seem suspicious about
what their children are about to do.
“Okay, okay. I’ll tell both of you.
So we want you to accept our special gift.” Lily handed over the heart shape
envelope to Rose.
“What is this Lily?”
“Well… there are two tickets to
Bali, hotel voucher, and our arrangements for both of you in Bali.”
“Oh honey, that is so sweet of you
two… Unfortunately, I think I can’t go. Right, Jack?” Rose takes a glimpse at
Jack.
“Yeah, I also have lots of work to
do.” said Jack
“Please mom, dad, accept it! We
bought it with our 5 months saving and do some survey on the Internet for about
2 months!”
“…Well, let’s go. It’s only for 2
days, isn’t it?” asked Jack. Lily and Billy smiled.
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