No More Darkness, Only Light

When I got home from fishing, the table was full of dishes and Anna was busy in the kitchen.

But I had already eaten on the way back, so I went straight into the bedroom to sleep.

Sleepy, I heard someone calling my name.

But I was so tired that I didn't want to speak and slept.

Once before, she asked me to go to a movie with her. It rained heavily that day and I waited at the entrance of the cinema for a long time. But she didn't come, instead she accompanied Jack to dye his hair.

Then she also prepared a full table of dishes as an apology. I was very touched at first, but when I saw the take-away boxes in the trash can, I realized how perfunctory she was.

When I woke up the next day, Anna was already sitting at the dining table, which was filled with breakfast.

"I'm sorry that I had something urgent to do yesterday and forgot to let you go fishing alone.

"I will definitely go fishing with you this weekend!

"Believe me!"

I said expressionless, "Well."

In fact, it was quite nice to fish alone. Looking at the calm water, I felt a quietness that I had never felt in the past few years. I seemed to gradually enjoy the quietness.

I had an appointment with a friend to discuss something, so I didn't eat the breakfast she made and went out directly when I came out of the bathroom, seeing Anna not in the living room.

Over the years, whenever something happened to Jack, Anna would leave me behind to take care of him and then come back later to coax me. I loved her so much that I never had the heart to blame her.

But I also realized that no matter how much I loved her, she really didn't love me.

My friend and I discussed starting a business. We had been friends for many years and were also business partners. We had both built up a lot of connections over the years, so we were ready to start our own business.

Just when we were halfway through the conversation, Anna called.

"You didn't have breakfast? Are you still angry? I've explained everything to you! Can you..."

I interrupted her.

"I know you two are good friends. I'm not angry. Okay, I have something to do. I am busy now!"

There was no sound from Anna. Then I hung up the phone.

As before, she would be very angry and blame me for being narrow-minded. But that time I was not angry and she got uncomfortable. Maybe she was pleased.

But it didn't matter. She had nothing to do with me anymore.

She would never affect me anymore!

It was already late at night when I got home after discussing. At that time, Anna also arrived home.

She was holding a gift in her hand. It looked expensive and must be from Jack.

I had given her gifts before, but she just threw them aside. She told me that if I had no money, I didn't have to give her gifts. In her eyes, gifts that were not branded were garbage.

But she didn't know that the gifts I gave her were specially designed by a designer that I had spent a long time saving up for. They were unique in the world.

She threw the gifts I gave her on the ground, and put the gifts Jack gave her in the cabinet. And every now and then she took them out to maintain and admire.

Over the years, I had become accustomed to it. From the first bouquet of flowers I gave her to the last bag, she treated them all like that.

Sometimes I would even see the gifts I gave her in the trash can downstairs the next day.

"Put it down for me!"

Anna handed the gift to me while she was changing her shoes.

But the cabinet she kept the gifts from Jack was full. I took away the bag that I gave her and put the bag that Jack gave her into the cabinet.

I turned around and found that Anna was looking at me.

"What are you doing? Why did you do that?"

Anna was very angry, and I realized that she might think I did it on purpose.

"You think too much!"

My attitude stunned her. I turned and walked into the bedroom.

I heard the sound of the door closing. She must be angry again and left.

She had often done that before. I usually chased her out and begged her for forgiveness, but now I didn't do that.

I turned on the computer and read the business plan. My friend and I were planning to start a company, so we had to prepare well. Before, I often left my work behind for Anna and only wanted to make her happy. Now I didn't want to care about her anymore, and I found that working made me so happy.

"Everything is ready and we can open next week!"

I sent the message to my friend and invited a few friends in the business community to attend. It was already late at night when I finished all that.

Anna hadn't come back yet, but I prepared to go to bed, because I still had a lot of things to do the next day and I didn't have time to think about meaningless things.

For some reason, when I decided to give up, I didn't feel the slightest bit of reluctance in my heart. Instead, I felt a sense of relief that I had never felt before.

It seemed that it was time to work hard for my ideals.

But just when I was about to fall asleep, Jack called!