The Fog is Gone, Love is Gone

She held my hand and said to me with deep emotion, "I am an incompetent sister. I didn't know your existence for so many years. I was absent from your life."

I was embarrassed. It would be a disaster if she were involved in my life.

She was truly our parents' daughter, because she acted exactly like them.

I thought I should check if I was lost. I really didn't fit in with this family of three.

I pulled my hand away from her tight grasp unnaturally.

"How did you get lost in the first place?"

She paused, noticing that I was staring at her intently, and then smiled and said, "I was ignorant at that time and was abducted."

"Well, let's not talk about the sad things before. I'm so happy that I can meet you in my lifetime."

I ignored her attempt to change the topic.

I asked directly, "Is John my nephew?"

I thought I may have really talked a sensitive spot for her, and she actually started crying in public.

"Joanna, could you please stop talking about my unhappy life? I really came here to reminisce with you."

We had no old times at all! There was nothing for us to talk about.

That was so hilarious.

When I noticed that she refused to mention anything about what happened before, I immediately changed my attitude.

Taking the initiative to hold her hand, I said, "My dear sister, I'm so sorry, and it's my fault. It's just because that I just met you for the first time, and you're really a stranger."

"By the way, have our parents told you that they are going to buy a house in Birmingham? Dear, please help me persuade them. I really have no money now. I hope my parents can understand me."

"I have seven or eight boyfriends, and I am almost bankrupt. I also have to give living expenses to parents every month. I am so anxious that my hair is falling out in clumps."

She might have been surprised and embarrassed when she heard me mention my seven or eight boyfriends.

She said awkwardly, "Why do you have so many boyfriends? It's better for you to focus on our family. Our parents are old and in poor health. It would be better for you to spend more money on them."

She was back with her son, so no matter how much I give them, she would use the money.