Kathy certainly knew it, too embarrassed to put her hands well. She had to run to the bed, with a
blanket covering herself.
But soon Joseph started to walk towards her.
Kathy bit her lips and watched Joseph helplessly.
Joseph had a swallow and seemed to be more aggressive from his eyes.
He extended his hands to hold the leaving Kathy in his arms.
Kathy struggled to say, “Joseph, let me go… Now take a shower please. Shower please.”
Joseph acted like a wild animal and said, “No!”
Kathy was so badly scared by him but could do nothing to stop him, only staying in his arms to lose all
control of her own move.
They had not been in such a relationship for long time. Kathy was unable to make it easily.
However, Joseph led her too gently that helped Kathy feel at ease.
She did not refuse him anymore, closing her eyes as well as holding the bed sheet tightly.
Just the moment, Kathy felt some warm liquid coming from her body…
She had to push Joseph and curled her legs.
“Sorry, my period is coming…” She avoided seeing Joseph now.
She knew he definitely got angry.
Joseph took a deep breath and changed to cuddle Kathy and kiss the middle of her eyebrow.
She asked, “Do you have something…”
Joseph frowned to ask, “What did you say?”
“Sanitary…”
“I have to ask Veronica.”
Veronica fell asleep and was disturbed with someone knocking at her door so late. She came to open
the door to see his angry elder brother and dared not blame him.
It was obvious something disappointed him.
She asked, “Hey, Joseph. What are you doing?”
Joseph was unwilling to say, “I would like to get something sanitary.”
“I-I-I-I-I!” Veronica could not help laughing and then seemed to understand something, “I know why you
look annoyed now.”
Joseph was getting angrier to say, “Get it soon.”
Veronica went to bring a big bag to him and said, “Ok, all for you.”
…
In the next morning, Kathy woke up in Joseph’s arms.
Her hands were still on Joseph’s chest to feel his warm body.
She got blushed and was a little shy about what they experienced last night.
Joseph woke up earlier than her and raised her chin with his fingers. When looking at her sleepy eyes,
he had a smile.
He asked in a pleasantly lower voice, “Are you ok?”
Kathy shook her head. In fact, she seldom had feeling of pain during her periods. Even if she had
before, Joseph would take care of her.
She had never imagined Joseph did it again today.
After the breakfast, Joseph dropped her off the campus of the Ocean University.
He said, “See you this evening in my office.”
Kathy had a nod, “Please get the report for grandpa. Call me for any problem.”
“Sure.” He held her shoulders to give a deep kiss and left.
When Joseph was back to his office in the group, John was waiting for him.
John said, “Mr. Joseph, the Hilton Group has got some funds.”
Joseph was unhappy to hear it and asked, “Who made the investment?”
“Sorry, I cannot check.”
This was an extremely unknown investor whom John tried his best to chase, finally with nothing to
know.
Joseph looked tired to pinch his middle of eyebrow, just saying, “Please follow up.”
Early in the afternoon, Kathy finished her classes and went to hospital to get her check-up report.
The copy of report she received before was replaced by Joseph; now she had to do the health check-
up one more time.
Kathy was too worried before seeing her doctor.
Although with some knowledge about her body, she was still nervous about all the truth.
The doctor said seriously, “Miss Kathy, I have checked your report and film. I think the tumor in your
head can be removed. But it is on an unusual position where we probably hurt your nerves during the
removal. If like that, some following problems might occur. We cannot estimate the result. So, I suggest
you not to remove the tumor now. We are really unsure about what will happen in the operation.”
Kathy looked gloomy. She majored in the neurology and understood the danger very well; she just
hoped to hear it from the other one.
What the doctor said fell within her expectation.
She looked much gloomier than the beginning.
Then she asked, “How long can I live?”
“From the cases we got, the lucky patients can live more than five years by the medicine treatment.
Normally, only three years.”
Kathy nodded her head. It was difficult for her to be calm down at the moment.
She left the hospital quietly. There was much cold wind now. She held her own shoulders and squatted
down. Her eyes turned redder and redder.
It was bitterly cold!
A moment later, someone was walking to her. It was Bertie who took off his coat to put it on Kathy.
He called, “Kathy.”
But she kept thinking about her own problem instead of listening to Bertie.
Bertie stood beside Kathy to stop the cold wind for her.
Later, when trying to stand up, Kathy was too weak to do it.
Bertie held her steadily.
She looked up to see Bertie whom she did not expect to meet here.
The coat on her was off to make her feel freezing cold.
Kathy returned the coat to Bertie and said, “No, thank you. I am not feeling cold.”
Bertie did not get it, just looking at her.
Kathy asked, “What’s wrong?”
Bertie put on the coat for her again, “What did make you cry?”
Kathy turned back to answer, “I did not cry.”
Anyway, her red eyes and pale face told everything.
Bertie asked, “Do you need to use my shoulder?”
Kathy shook her head to say, “I’m ok.”
“Allow me to drop off you home?”
“Sure.”
Kathy was absent-minded in the car with only concentrating on the doctor’s words.
It was the same as what she heard outside the office.
Three years.
She would only live for another three years.
Bertie could feel for sure that how sad Kathy was now.
He frowned and then drove to a shopping mall instead of her school.
Kathy looked at him doubtfully when realizing his destination.
Bertie said, “Get off to follow me.”
They were in a mini KTV; Kathy wondered what they would do here.
“Kathy, if you would like to cry, just do it here.”
Then Bertie helped her wear the earphone and tuned the volume to the loudest.
Kathy blinked her eyes and listened to the music from her earphone. It was a piece of slow and
relaxing music which made her feel better.
Just now, with a microphone before her, she looked up to see it was given nicely by Bertie.
Kathy tried to refuse, “I don’t sing well.”
She was not good at singing from the young age.
“It’s ok. I am always here with you.”
Kathy got the microphone to sing some. She burst into tears but tried to keep tears in her eyes.
After a sniff, she felt much better.
Leaving the mini KTV, Kathy looked at Bertie to say, “I really appreciate your help.”
Bertie asked, “Shall we have a dinner now?” Before replied by Kathy, he had already taken her to a
restaurant.
It was a greatly popular one of hot pot for which many customers queued. The manager should be
familiar with Bertie to arrange a table for them with priority.
Bertie told Kathy, “We could have some spicy food. Then feel free to cry out.”
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