Love's Unspoken Symphony

It was already noon the next day when Elmer came back.

I was cleaning things with gloves on when I opened the door.

He rubbed his eyebrows and pointed to the black bag piled at the door. “Is there so much garbage at home?”

“Well, there are quite a lot.”

After all, it was all the things he gave me in the past five years.

And every one of them, I flipped through all the dynamics that Melissa specially opened last night for a whole night.

They were all things she mentioned, bought and liked.

Elmer spared no effort to replace all his deep affection for Melissa with me.

And I was like a clown, treating false feelings as treasures.

Now, the garbage should return to the garbage dump.

He didn’t ask or look at it and walked over.

Until he saw that most of the cake was left on the table.

He put a little cream on my nose and when he saw me stop, he raised his eyebrows and laughed. “You like a little greedy cat, why do you suddenly want to eat cake?”

Elmer had a pair of very beautiful and affectionate eyes.

In the past five years, these eyes had smiled at me unparalleled times. This was the first time that I looked at them seriously.

But I couldn’t see any heartfelt meaning.

He was really an excellent actor.

After a few seconds of silence, I whispered, “Yesterday was my birthday.”

The playful smile on the man’s face froze instantly.

He immediately looked up at the calendar on the wall and came to hug me with annoyance on his face.

“I’m sorry, baby. I’m so busy that I forgot. Rolf just organized a party. I’ll take you there to celebrate tonight, okay?”

Rolf was the good friend who exposed his worries. I wanted to refuse, but his phone rang suddenly. He lowered his eyes and smiled at me evasively.

“It’s a call from the hospital. I’ll go over first and pick you up in the evening. Be good, your husband loves you.”

I pretended not to see the call from “Only Love” pop up on the screen. I nodded lightly.

It had been five years. Even if it was over, he was still my friend who had been friends with my family for many years. Let’s treat this dinner as the last good farewell.

At the agreed time, Elmer did not come to pick me up. Instead, an intern from his department came. The young man who had not graduated from college shared his admiration for Elmer with me in a simple mind.

“Mr. Elmer is really amazing. Not only is he a good doctor, but he is also very considerate to his girlfrined.”

Seeing me looking at him sideways, he seemed to be encouraged. “Yesterday, his girlfriend just had her period and he rushed her to the emergency room. I have been with him for two months and I have never seen him so flustered. The doctors in the emergency room can’t speak after being yelled at by him. He stayed with his girlfriend all night, rubbing her hands, rubbing her belly and feeding her brown sugar ginger tea. Such a loving and considerate man. I am so happy. They will get married next week, lovers finally get married.”

He said a lot and finally realized that I was too silent.

“Miss, are you his sister?”

I turned my head and looked at the glass window. My empty face was cut into pieces and mottled by the streetlights outside the window.

I replied lightly, “Yes, I’m his sister.”

Near the box, I stood at the door and heard people shouting “Kiss, kiss, kiss”.

The intern helped me open the door.

Two figures were shrouded in the middle of the light and shadow, facing each other, just a millimeter away. Elmer noticed me and suddenly turned his face.

When the kiss fell on his cheek, he met my calm gaze.

And I clearly saw the regret that flashed in his eyes.