73 The Pas (1/2)

When Liling's parents got married, it took them seven years to conceive a child. At that time Mr Liang loved her so much so he was not bothered about their inablilty to produce children.

When Liling came, he was happy. They were both happy.

He loved them with everything he had, but the drastic turn began when Liling fell ill and needed a blood transfusion.

All Liling's mom did to prevent him from running the test was to no avail.

The more she tried to stop him, the more he wanted to know what she was hiding.

He never thought that when the test came out, he was not even related to his dearest daughter.

That day, to save her life, they had to get blood from the blood banks.

Her dad didn't want to believe the truth, he was rejecting the answers his brain was giving him.

A daughter he had loved for years?

He didn't even want to know the truth, he refused to ask questions.

But on that fateful night, he came back drunk and lashed out on her mom.

He demanded to know the truth, and when Liling's mom confessed that she did it because she thought the problem didn't come from her. Since they've been running tests on her and hadn't discovered anything wrong, she couldn't ask him to run a test on himself so she tried it once with another man and took in.

Mr Liang collapsed on a chair. The pain was too much that he began to cry. The both of them sat there crying.

Her mom continually apologised, but Mr Liang didn't even respond.

Though he didn't chase them away, he treated them with untold hatred.

Liling's mom endured it all without complaint. After all, she was at fault.

As the years past, she developed a heart disease which eventually led to her demise.

Mr Liang sat on the disorganized floor as tears fell from his eyes.