Have I Told You Lately

“I’ll sleep in a minute.” Mr Lewis replied softly, then fell silent. It seemed he was preoccupied with something in his mind. Rachel said nothing about it, but she also didn’t get up to leave.

In about half a minute, Mr Lewis opened his mouth and asked, “Rach…….could you do me a favor?”

Rachel looked down. There was still not much expression on her face. She raised her eyebrows slightly, “Is there anything you haven’t told the court? You want me to help?”

“……”

Mr Lewis felt rather embarrassed. He pursed lips and continued, “It’s not about that……”

Rachel blinked, “Then why don’t you ask mother for help? Why do you have to wait for me to help you?”

“I don’t want your mother to worry too much. She can’t help with it, after all she has difficulty in walking. I don’t want her to be worn out.”

Rachel pursed, “But I’m pregnant.”

Mr Lewis was struck dumb.

That was right. She should be the one who needed most care and rest in the family. How can they rest assured to see her run errands here and there with a big belly?

A hint of guilt was revealed in his aged face. And he said no more.

Seeing this, Rachel felt she might be rather harsh, so she compromised, “Oh, I’m just kidding. I don’t mean to make you worry about me. My point is don’t keep everything to yourself and think you disguise it very well. My mother knows it. She can feel it even though you refuse to tell her.”

“Well then, what do you want me to do?”

“Rach……” Mr Lewis was moved. He raised his skinny arm in an attempt to touch her head, but he gave up in the middle. He continued with a hoarse voice, “I have an old friend. Tomorrow is my friend’s birthday. I want you to pay a visit for me.”

What friend? None of your friends came to see you when you got into trouble. Now you remember your

him after he was arrested. Now he was seriously ill at home, but still nobody came to see him. Although the news that he

attempted to borrow money from them. So she was surprised to hear her father mention a friend of

with his cloudy eyes. He was in a trance as if thinking something.

Rachel’s face froze at that moment. Her lips moved several times and her

visit his friend’s grave

he didn’t look well

said slowly in a soft voice, “I’ll do it for you tomorrow. Tell me the

eyes, Mr Lewis can’t help holding her hands. An obvious relief can be revealed in his look. He paused a few seconds and then replied slowly, “Her name was Martha. You should

Rachel’s face changed. She interrupted him and narrowed

the friend her father was talking was a male

tell my mother about it. You do have love affairs behind my mother’s back. So you’re still hung up on your lover though she died

on her

official had lovers outside their marriage. He could be corrupted

upper body up on the bed. He coughed anxiously, “Rach, it’s not…it’s not the way you think of it. I swear I didn’t cheat on your mother……she was an old friend that I’ve known for a long time. She died just around the day when I was

which there was contradiction as well as guilt. He was about to speak, but saying nothing, as

mother doesn’t know her. So she was your……soul lover? You even remember her birthday. If she were still alive, and

and both pretended to be

with Kenneth because she didn’t want to deceive herself and others anymore. If she hadn’t ended her marriage life, would she end up like

start. Being wordless for quite a while, he explained haltingly, in sort of an imploring tone, “She was not something like my soul lover. We

have one or even two women between you and mother, I won’t tell mother about it. I don’t care about your things, but I also won’t let mother be hurt anymore. You have been sorry to the people, and you can’t be

Mr Lewis replied,

the address. I’ll go tomorrow.” Rachel said