Chapter 3The Rebirth of Nora

I sat dazed, door pushed open.

Eighteen year old Caleb looked at me, eyes familiar stranger.

Sharing bed so many years, we just need one look know, each other came back.

In room once full of sweetness, we two awkward and unfamiliar, also carrying resentment.

"Sorry," Caleb spoke first, "Just now I spoke without thinking, I was also anxious, shouldn't say that."

I looked at him, suddenly felt want to laugh.

Seventeen years old in this small rental, we two froze hugging sleep together, he sandwiched my feet warming while red eyes:

"Wifey, is me useless, let you suffer."

"Relax, I absolutely won't fail you, I definitely love you forever."

That time I really believed.

Just didn't expect, forever actually so short.

Just short thirteen years later, he pointed my nose scolded:

"Aren't you cheap, sleeping with man at seventeen."

In small room, we sat each side, no one spoke.

"You—" Caleb opened mouth, interrupted by urgent knocking.

I went open door, but pupils shrank fiercely when seeing person outside!

Outside my mom dusty, once carefully cared curly hair already frizzy deformed, she who makeup daily now skin sallow, bottom of eyes red, grabbed me:

"Go, go with me!"

I stunned, memory flooded like tide!

Yes, previous life mom also like this, she didn't know how found out me and Caleb's residence, came thousand miles take me home.

I refused go home dead or alive, said I love Caleb, I want be with him.

Mom crying gave me a slap: "I raised you for nothing so many years, could it be for a man, you don't even want parents!"

What did I say then?

Don't remember.

Only remember mom finally disappointed look, choked said: "Later, I treat you dead, treat as never gave birth to you this daughter, you also don't have me this mom!"

After that, me and parents never met again.

Until Caleb startup successful, we took things want go back ease relationship, but things thrown out by parents.

Kinship cut by my own hands, became eternal pain in my heart.

Mom voice difficult: "You go back with me now, I treat this matter never happened, we family of three live well——or else, you just treat I never gave birth to you, you also don't have me this mom..."

She still talking, I heard nothing clearly, just looking at mom's familiar strange face, eyes sore blurry.

How long?

How long haven't seen such mom?

Mom still talking, I reached out held her, soft voice:

"Okay, mom, I go back with you."

"You not go back just treat I raised you for nothing so many years——what?" Mom stopped abruptly, eyes wide.

"I said, I go back with you."

I left so decisively back then, mom obviously didn't expect I would agree so readily now.

Caleb sitting aside turned head fiercely!

Mom saw him, expression sank, but still kept basic politeness.

"Little Jiang ah, you don't blame auntie insist separating you, look at place you live, what can you give Nora?"

"My Nora since small not say thousand pampers hundred loves, me and her dad also give whatever want, if not you, she lifetime no need suffer this sin."

"She can't persist, by then you sooner or later break up, early separate good, you don't delay each other."

Saying mom whole body relaxed, even things didn't want, pulling me want go.

I pulled corner of mouth.

Mom not wrong, if not Caleb, actually I lifetime no need suffer this sin.

But she also wrong, because previous life, I really persisted.

Person who couldn't persist, was Caleb.

Peripheral vision swept mirror, Caleb face inch by inch pale.

Don't know if because mom said those words, or because I want go.

Together these years no matter how bitter, I never thought leaving him, even final divorce was forced by him.

He probably didn't expect, I would also leave.

I wanted say something goodbye, thought, again said nothing.

What to say?

Should say, shouldn't say, good bad, said all in previous life.

I closed door left.