I thought about it. I was going to work last night, so I took my laptop to the hospital. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Then I left it on the chair. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was so sad last night that I forgot it, but when I went to the hospital in the middle of the night, no one reminded me of my laptop. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Did they forget? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I quickly said to Ming, “please drive me to the hospital.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“What’s the matter? Did you leave your laptop there?” Ming looked at me. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I nodded. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I asked him as he drove, “my grandmother died. What should I do?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
No one told me what I should do yesterday, but I thought I should do something as her granddaughter. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Her children will prepare for her funeral. You’re her granddaughter, so you just need to attend the memorial meeting.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Will they inform me?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ming’s words made me uneasy. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Would Jessica and Marlin not allowed me to attend the memorial meeting? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I had to control the time of the memorial meeting myself. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When we got to the hospital, I asked about my laptop at the service desk. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The nurse took me to a doctor. The doctor looked at me suspiciously. “I gave it to you when the patient died last night.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“No!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I said quickly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The doctor looked puzzled. “I gave it to you. You wore a pink dress yesterday,” the doctor paused, “you had long hair yesterday.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
As soon as he said it, I understood. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He gave Molly my laptop. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was speechless! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I thanked the doctor and called Molly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It was a long time before she answered the phone. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Molly mocked me. “Why are you calling me?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Where is my laptop?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I asked her directly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It’s here with me.” Molly said happily, “you want it?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“My computer files are in it. Give it back to me!” I was grumpy. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In fact, most of the files were in the company’s computer, but if I didn’t have a laptop, it was not convenient for me to work at home. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If I bought another laptop, I would spend a lot of money. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I’d better get it back. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It’s impossible!” Molly’s voice on the phone became vicious, “June, you know what you’ve done! If I can’t be with Sean, I’ll die with you!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Her words reminded me of the photos I sent a few weeks ago. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I forgot it because I was worried about Sherry. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I snorted, “Molly, your private life is chaotic and just happened to be seen by me. It’s none of my business!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It would not have been like this without you! Do you think I don’t know? You told Sean that my private life was in a mess, or he wouldn’t have done that to me!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“What did he do to you?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I asked curiously. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Was what Sean said true? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Molly on the other side of the phone was silent for a moment and said, “I won’t give you back your laptop!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Oh.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I finished, I hung up. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Now Sherry was dead. I didn’t need to keep that money for anyone anymore. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I could buy a laptop. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I even wanted to buy the house Sherry left for me. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I asked a doctor. It turned out that Sherry’s body had been transported to the funeral home. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I asked the doctor for the funeral home number. When I called the funeral home, I found that Marlin had set a date for the memorial meeting. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It was early tomorrow morning. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The date of her burial was fixed, too. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But no one told me. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I called Lucius and I took those two days off. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I stood in the hospital and made a phone call for almost an hour before I remembered that Ming was still waiting for me. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I looked around and didn’t see him in the hospital. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I went out, I saw him sitting on the bench beside the flower bed. He was looking around at people coming and going and seemed bored. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I ran over and said, “Ming, I’m sorry. I just made a few more calls.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It doesn’t matter.” Ming shook his head very kindly and asked, “have you finished calling? I’m free today. It doesn’t matter how long I wait for you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He said it naturally. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I looked at him and felt embarrassed. I didn’t know how to respond to him. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was stunned for a while before I replied, “it’s OK. I’m done calling.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Well, let’s go to lunch.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“OK.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I was with Ming, I felt like I was with my elder. I had a sense of security. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Was it because his name sounded like Marlin’s? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ming took me to a vegetarian restaurant. I wasn’t used to it at first, but I thought the food tasted like meat and delicious. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Unconsciously, I ate more than usual. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He drove me to the company after we had lunch. On the way, he asked me, “when is the memorial meeting? I’ll drive you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“No, I…” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Let me drive you. I don’t think you have a good relationship with your family. And taxi drivers don’t want to go there.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I didn’t want to trouble him, but his words made me hesitate. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I didn’t speak so he said, “don’t worry about troubling me. I started that hospital. I don’t need to ask for leave.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I hesitated and told him the time of tomorrow’s memorial meeting. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The next morning, Ming waited for me at my door and drove me to the funeral home for the memorial meeting. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I got to the door, I saw Jessica sitting on the table at the door, recording the guests. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When she saw me, she was surprised. She asked me unhappily, “who told you about the memorial meeting today?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“She’s my grandma. Are you not going to let me come here?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I asked her. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jessica looked at me and impatiently said, “go in!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I entered the memorial meeting with a paper flower according to the rules. I put it in the box in front of the coffin. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Then I got up and looked at Sherry in the coffin. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Sherry’s eyes were closed and she lay in the coffin in peace. She was made up so she looked like she was asleep. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At this moment, I finally understood that Sherry would never wake up again. She really left me! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I just thought my eyes were covered with water vapor. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But I heard it was not good that tears fell in the coffin. I fought back tears and turned away. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I heard someone behind me say, “she’s June. I heard Sherry loved her so much. She’s not crying now.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“She returned to Carter Family for money. She is really ungrateful.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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