Let's Get Married

It is 9 p.m. on rainy day. On such a cool autumn night, Lily stands in front of the villa without an umbrella, the clothes on shoulder getting soaked by the rain. She doesn’t pay it any mind though and keeps the present under her arm carefully wrapped with her coat.

Today is Lily and Tim’s first anniversary. Lily is supposed to be at her mother's house, but she secretly bought a gift to surprise Tim.

As she walks to the door, her clothes get completely soaked. She takes the key from her pocket out and opens the door carefully. Without turning on the light, she stands at the porch and changes her shoes. As she takes off her shoes, she sees a pair of red high-heeled shoes on the floor.

Lily is shocked, because she knows that those are clearly not her shoes; she can tell be the size.

The heart feels like it is being grabbed by a pair of invisible hands. Lily puts the gift in her arms on the ground and walks slowly towards the bedroom on the second floor.

The closer she gets, the clearer the conversation becomes—

“Oh, Tim...”

A familiar female voice penetrates her eardrum; she is enjoying herself quite a bit.

“I know that is how like it,” the man replies. That is without question Tim’s voice.

In the corridor outside the door, Lily feels like she is walking on the edge of a knife with every step. Even if she can't see what's going on inside, the intensity of the voices paint a vivid picture in her mind of what is happening.

“Who do you like better, Lily or me,” the woman suddenly asks. This makes Lily's heart drop into her stomach.

“Are you getting jealous? I am only focused on you baby. How can I even think of her when I have you?” Lily’s heart breaks into a million pieces.

started dating into now. Tim had said that he couldn’t do it. But now, here he

feels that she is a heroine in a Tennessee Williams’ play. Now that she is facing her greatest fear, she can’t bear to open the door

that the person Tim is

school. Lily thought to herself, how could

always asks about how long she will be gone, but never accompanies

here. For

a short-tempered person. But, this time, she can't hide the anger in her chest. She glances at the hot kettle on the table, picks

from Tim’s point of view. The two of you haven’t been intimate in over a year.” Lily realizes that Jade

treated you as more than a friend

with anyone before. Tim looks at her and says, “You need to

here anymore than I have to,” Lily responds. Lily can’t even bear to look at them and says, “Tim,

thought maybe he was scared and that once they got more comfortable with each other he wouldn’t have any issues. Her mother-in-law had been asking her why they didn't have children. Lily hadn’t said anything. Her mother-in-law asked if she had any physical problems. Lily had lied to cover for Tim, but this just caused friction between her and her mother-in-law. Lily now

Tim doesn't show any emotion, not even a frown. In all their years together, Lily had been the one that pursued the relationship. Lily had always been very forgiving of him and she would always come back to him no matter what he

Lily could no

get

goes out to find a taxi. She wanders around the street aimlessly until a taxi finally stops for her. She sadly realizes

The driver looks at

says to the driver.

business club. Lily looks at the luxury cars at the

the hall. After a cursory glance at the expensive prices on the wine list and she orders

her throat and into her belly, and her eyes quickly tear up. After