What Do You Think I Did?

He stood there for a long time, just looking at me. I shook his arm, "...stay with me!"

Finally, he jumped up onto the riverbank and sat next to me. He casually opened two cans of alcohol, handed one to me, and clinked it against mine before taking a sip.

I laughed heartily, "Thank you... for keeping me company!"

"Tell me, what's the reason for drinking?"

"Do I need a reason to drink?" I took another gulp. "Can't I drink for happiness?"

I foolishly looked across the river at the lights, "Celebrating... that I've seen everything clearly now, that I have nothing left! Ha, I thought I had a good partner, but he had woven a web that I've been stuck in for years, silly, right? Haha... The company's empty, the money's gone, oh... but I have my daughter! Not a total loss! I've lost everything, but I still have her."

"What do you want to do?" he asked me, but he wasn't looking at me; he too was staring at the lights across the river.