A Calamity

Matt waited with bated breath for his wife to arrive. His driver had already messaged him when Jianan had sat in the car. One last time, he looked around the private room and the preparations he had made. He hoped he had not missed out on anything. Looking down at the watch in his hand, he estimated that they would be here in a few minutes. Just then his phone started to ring. He pressed the answer button as he walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

But suddenly the sound of the door closing seemed to echo in his head. Staring straight ahead, he said, "Hello? I am sorry there was a bit of noise in the background so I must have misheard. Did you say there was an accident?"

But he had heard everything properly for the first time... Standing there frozen like a statue, Matt suddenly felt the world around him collapse. As if everything he had was crumbling in front of him. His hand still on the handle of the door he had just closed, and the other hand still clutching the phone, Matt only stood there.

Alicia Long and Shi Ai Long were whispering as they made their way to the private viewing room to tease their brother in law about his confession tonight. Since they were all a close knitted family, they all knew the importance of this day and looked forward to it. Matt was after all the last of the Long brothers who had yet to confess his love. But just as they turned the corner, both the women knew something was wrong. The stunned and horrified look on Matt's face warned them. Looking at each other in tacit understanding, Alicia walked forward towards Matt while Shi Ai retreated to look for her husband and brothers in law. If there was something wrong, the Long family would not let one of their own face a crisis alone.

Alicia walked to Matt and put a hand on his shoulder, making him come out of his stupor. With trembling hands he looked at Alicia and said in a stricken voice, "Ji...Jia...nan..." But unable to continue the sentence, he looked around wildly and ran towards the exit.

Urgently, Alicia raced behind him, already sensing that something was wrong with Su Jianan. With a an abnormal speed, she raced behind him her heart unsettled. Just as Matt raced out of the exhibition hall, the press which had been lying in wait raced behind him already sensing a ground breaking story. As Alicia tried to push through the vultures, Matt had already reached his car. But just then he was pulled back by his brother Ryu Long while Neil Long and Ah Hai Long, pushed back the media.

For the first time in his life, Matt pushed back his brothers and tried to escape him. But by now the security handled the press while the brothers pushed Matt into the back of a car and drove out of the exhibition. Alicia Long stayed behind, handling the press and cancelling the event while the press chased the other car.

Inside the car:

Matt urged his brothers to go faster to Medical City, as he explained in a broken voice of the call he had received from the police. Jianan's car had met with an accident and she was severely injured.

His mind blank, Matt could only worry and wondered if the curse he had received when he was a young was true...The curse echoed in his mind, making him shudder," It is because of you that everything has happened! Because of you our love has not reached it's end! I curse you that your love will also never reach it's completion!" He blamed it on himself. He was the one responsible for the hurt that she had received today. If only he had not fallen for her then she would not have been affected by the curse. He wanted to confess to his brothers that he was responsible for what happened to his wife today but his voice seemed to have dried up... He wanted to tell them about the curse...But he was too much of a coward. He had never been a superstitious person and paid no heed to that curse but now all he could think of was that it had been true...