The Past

Mr.Chen thought about how to word this. He looked at Erin and knew that she deserved to know what happened between him and her mother.

He took a deep drag of his cigarette and explained.

"It started when I went to London to complete my Masters Degree.

When I was there, I met your mother. She was the most beautiful girl I ever saw."

"We got to know each other and after a year, I proposed to her.

We got married and moved to Shanghai were we lived in a nice apartment.

I was working and doing well for myself.

Your mother also got a job in advertising at an American cosmetic company."

"After a while she became pregnant and had to leave work."

Mr.Chen sipped his coffee...

He continued, "This made her very restless.

She spent all of her days at home with no one to talk to, no friends and not knowing the language.

I was busy with work, and I started to take on more work as I was trying to earn enough for us both and for the baby."

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