Page 353 - Thorn In The Heart

Chinh Nguyên

"I like money best. How are about you?" My-Thuong said and
asked.

Just in time the sound of fire-crackers at all directions and
Nguyen's mother brought the eight clothe sacks into the living room,
gave a sack to each member family and said:

"In each sack had $2000.00 and few of your clothes. all of you
must keep them careful while you are on the way escape from Viet-
Cong and be a refugee at somewhere if we get lost each other."

"What?"

"Are something wrong, Mom?"

"I don't believe this thing!"

"I will go with mom." My-Thuong cried and said.

Nguyen keeps silent, and his father was quiet thinking while his
mother in the serious look on her face, she stared at his brothers.

"Keep your mouth shut! Do you want to die? Viet-Cong were out
these! Remember...! All of you must follow your father and me."

In the hard and low voice, she said.

"Nguyen, you move your portrait to under Christ's portrait to hid
it, and put your military documents away on the ceiling..."

"What are you doing?" Nguyen's mother interrupted.

You knew that every family had a son or father was a soldier
since if they come to our house, they will ask us about Nguyen, I will
tell them Nguyen was die in the war. Therefore his portrait was on
the altar."

"How is his face when they look at him?"

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